change connection string & reload app.config at run time

Question

when i change connection string through this code it not reload app.config at runtime how we reload app config

config.ConnectionStrings.ConnectionStrings["JVVNL_NEW.Properties.Settings.JVVNL_NEWConnectionString1"].ConnectionString = ConString;
config.ConnectionStrings.ConnectionStrings["CMS_NEW.Properties.Settings.JVVNL_NEWConnectionString1"].ConnectionString = ConString;

config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Modified,true);
ConfigurationManager.RefreshSection(config.ConnectionStrings.SectionInformation.SectionName);

Answer 1

IIRC, the ConfigurationManager.RefreshSection requires a string parameter specifying the name of the Section to refresh :

ConfigurationManager.RefreshSection("connectionStrings");

I think that the ASP.NET application should automatically reload when the ConnectionStrings element is modified and the configuration does not need to be manually reloaded.

Answer 2

Yeah, when ASP.NET web.config gets updated, the whole application gets restarted which means the web.config gets reloaded.

Answer 3

You can also refresh the configuration in it's entirety:

ConnectionStringSettings importToConnectionString = currentConfiguration.ConnectionStrings.ConnectionStrings[newName];

if (importToConnectionString == null)
{
    importToConnectionString = new ConnectionStringSettings();
    importToConnectionString.ConnectionString = importFromConnectionString.ConnectionString;
    importToConnectionString.ProviderName = importFromConnectionString.ProviderName;
    importToConnectionString.Name = newName;
    currentConfiguration.ConnectionStrings.ConnectionStrings.Add(importToConnectionString);
}
else
{
    importToConnectionString.ConnectionString = importFromConnectionString.ConnectionString;
    importToConnectionString.ProviderName = importFromConnectionString.ProviderName;
}

Properties.Settings.Default.Reload();