XmlMassUpdate - How to delete a node

Question

We would like to use msbuild to clear the connectionStrings section from a web.config file.

What is the easiest way to do that?

We have previously used XmlMassUpdate to replace values (see also this question: XmlMassUpdate - Replace Value Node), but have not found a way to remove it entirely.

More details:

We would like to change the section in web.config from

<connectionStrings>
  <add name="connectionString1" connectionString="Data Source=localhost\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=Db1;Integrated Security=True" />
</connectionStrings>

to

<connectionStrings>
</connectionStrings>

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered May 28 '10 at 12:16

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Try this in your substitutions file

<connectionStrings xmu:action="remove" />

This should completeley remove the <connectionStrings> tag.

answered May 28 '10 at 12:16

jmaragon

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 22 '10 at 05:56

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Give this a shot:

<connectionStrings>
  <add xmu:key="name" key="connectionString1" xmu:action="remove" />
</connectionStrings>

answered Apr 22 '10 at 05:56

Tom Lianza

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 06 '12 at 22:13

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I tried something similar to the following and it seemed to work:

<connectionStrings>
  <add xmu:key="name" name="connectionString1" xmu:action="remove" />
</connectionStrings>

(note name= instead of key=)

edited Dec 06 '12 at 22:13

nickhar

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answered Nov 19 '10 at 22:01

tas

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Note, there is a difference between this answer and Tom's (look carefully) – Tim Post Dec 07 '12 at 08:05

XmlMassUpdate - How to delete a node

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