How to run this test in NUnit

Question

Why in NUnit when i write : Assert.AreEqual(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["FertigungRead"].ConnectionString , "Data Source=server511;Initial Catalog=FERTIGUNG;Persist Security Info=True");

it does not run the test and raises an error : Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

But ConfigurationManager is static class. So how can i run this test?

Answer 1

It is running the test - but the test is failing, because ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["FertigungRead"] is returning null. See this post about app.config files an NUnit, as that's where it'll be getting the configuration from.

However, I don't really see a test for a config file value as a valuable unit test... is this part of a more reasonable test?