I added this code to my page load event: lblMessage.Text = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings(0).ToString To get a database connection string -- but it returns garbage InIC3D/dJKBNtkRQ3grmGVYbZ2uj4xagQNJY1Sp6GXA=
Hi Have you tried this way ? Code: using System.Web.Configuration; ... lblMessage.Text = WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["TheKeyName"].ToString() web.config : Code: <configuration> .... <appSettings> <add key="TheKeyName" value="ConnectionStringValue"/> </appSettings> .... </configuration>