Today, you can used <connectionStrings> section in config file as <database >
<provider name="sqlServer20005" /> <dataSource name="TheDB" connectionString="${connectionString]"/> </database> DomSqlMapBuilder builder = new DomSqlMapBuilder(); builder.Properties.Add("connectionString", my connection string retrieve from the connectionString section app config); builder.Configure(...) -- Cheers, Gilles <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/6JCP7AORB0LE">Wish List</a>