Add contents to <DbProviderFactories> section of <system.data> to Machine.config

9 Nov 2006 5:38 AM

Charles Zhang

I would like add my ADO.Provider information to <DbProviderFactories>
section of <system.data> to "Machine.config".

I used the following code to get section:

Configuration config ConfigurationManager.OpenMachineConfiguration();
ConfigurationSection section = config.Sections["system.data"];

Then I used Visual Studio debugger to see the value of the "section".
I know the section is a "DefaultSection" type.

However, after some extensive researches, I could find any way to add
contents to the section.

I did find there is "Save" method in the "Configuration" class. But I do
not know how to change "Configuration" a class.

Thanks

Charles Zhang

9 Nov 2006 10:12 AM

Kevin Yu [MSFT]

Hi Charles,

The classes under Configuration namespace does not allow us to to add
elements to the DbProviderFactory section. In this case, the only way is to
open the machine.config file with XmlDocument and add to that section.

If anything is unclear, please feel free to let me know.

Kevin Yu
Microsoft Online Community Support

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9 Nov 2006 4:22 PM

Charles Zhang

Thanks.

I will use XmlDocument to do it.

Kevin Yu [MSFT] wrote:
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> Hi Charles,
>
> The classes under Configuration namespace does not allow us to to add
> elements to the DbProviderFactory section. In this case, the only way is to
> open the machine.config file with XmlDocument and add to that section.
>
> If anything is unclear, please feel free to let me know.
>
> Kevin Yu
> Microsoft Online Community Support
>
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