I have an ASP.NET web app and am attempting to reference an external config (using enterprise application blocks configuration) for some of
the configuration but it is not entirely working. I previously had all of
the configuration info in
the web.config (and it was working), but we are wanting to share some of this configuration information between multiple apps. When I put configurationSource tag in
the web.config, and read
the configuration through
the WebConfigurationManager object, it loads some of
the external config info (Logging) but not
the connectionStrings and not
the custom section I created. So its reading it (logging is working), but some dots aren't being connected and my connection strings aren't coming through. Again, it worked when it was all in
the web.config.
Any idea what needs to change to be able to reference an external configuration source and have it all come through?
[Code that accesses web.config]
Configuration webConfig = System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration("~");
ConnectionStringSettingsCollection connectionStrings = System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings;
[web.config]
<configuration>
<configSections>
<section name="enterpriseLibrary.ConfigurationSource" type="
Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Common.Configuration.ConfigurationSourceSection,
Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Common, Version=4.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=74025d8738dfe4ce" />
<sectionGroup name="system.web.extensions" type="System.Web.Configuration.SystemWebExtensionsSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
<sectionGroup name="scripting" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
<section name="scriptResourceHandler" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingScriptResourceHandlerSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication" />
<sectionGroup name="webServices" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingWebServicesSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
<section name="jsonSerialization" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingJsonSerializationSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="Everywhere" />
<section name="profileService" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingProfileServiceSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication" />
<section name="authenticationService" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingAuthenticationServiceSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication" />
<section name="roleService" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingRoleServiceSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication" />
</sectionGroup>
</sectionGroup>
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>
<enterpriseLibrary.ConfigurationSource selectedSource="File Configuration Source">
<sources>
<add name="File Configuration Source" type="
Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Common.Configuration.FileConfigurationSource,
Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Common, Version=4.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=74025d8738dfe4ce"
filePath="C:\MSEAB\MSEAB.config" />
</sources>
</enterpriseLibrary.ConfigurationSource>
...
...
</configuration>
[external MSEAB.config]
<configuration>
<configSections>
<section name="loggingConfiguration" type="
Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.Configuration.LoggingSettings,
Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging, Version=4.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=74025d8738dfe4ce" />
<section name="dataConfiguration" type="
Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Data.Configuration.DatabaseSettings,
Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Data, Version=4.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=74025d8738dfe4ce" />
<sectionGroup name="customSectionGroup">
<section name="customSection" type="app.customSection" allowLocation="true" allowDefinition="Everywhere" />
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>
<loggingConfiguration name="Logging Application Block" tracingEnabled="true"
defaultCategory="General" logWarningsWhenNoCategoriesMatch="true">
...
</loggingConfiguration>
<connectionStrings>
<clear />
<add name="DB.DEV" connectionString="User ID=user;Password=pwd;Data Source=DV408;" providerName="Oracle.DataAccess.Client"/>
<add name="DB.TEST" connectionString="User ID=user;Password=pwd;Data Source=TS408;" providerName="Oracle.DataAccess.Client"/>
...
</connectionStrings>
<customSectionGroup>
<customSection notificationemail="
[email protected]" dirPath="C:\Dir" initialrowlimit="500" maxrowlimit="1500" adminadgroup="_admins">
</customSection>
</customSectionGroup>
</configuration>
