Configuration Manager returns default connection string

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I've added the line

static private readonly string connectionString = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings[0].ConnectionString;

to my Console App project, and it returns a connection string despite the fact that I haven't yet set one up, and there is no config file anywhere in the solution folder.

It appears to be an ASP.NET database connection string:

data source=.\\SQLEXPRESS;Integrated Security=SSPI;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|aspnetdb.mdf;User Instance=true

Where is VS getting this string from?

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:34:40Z

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I think this has been answered in full here: Autogenerated Default Connection

Essentially it's a default from Machine.Config.

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:34

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answered May 9, 2017 at 12:32

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