Khalid Abuhakmeh • 3/7/2023

Validating Connection Strings on .NET Startup

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This technical article explains how to implement validation for database connection strings in .NET applications at startup. It covers creating an extension method to test connections, binding configuration to a strongly-typed class, mapping connection strings to database providers, and failing application startup if connections are invalid. The post includes code examples for SqlClient and Sqlite.

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