You don't have to limit yourself to the simple key/value settings available by default through the < AppSettings > section in the Web.config file. Instead, create custom configuration handlers to manage information however you like. Author: A. Russell Jones Code: ASP.NET v1.0 & VB
The following example shows a configuration file with a dsn string. strPubsDSN, followed by a small ASP.NET page written in C# that retrieves this value.
Author: James Foster Code: ASP.NET Beta 2 & C#