web config clear

Question

What is the use of the <clear/> in the web.config file?

I have it under connectionStrings:

<connectionStrings>
        <clear />
  </connectionStrings>

score 15 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 03 '13 at 23:42

15

It clears all inherited keys, that's it.

edited Sep 03 '13 at 23:42

angus

answered Oct 02 '11 at 12:54

Jahan Zinedine

When will i have inherited keys? – Aharon Muallem Oct 02 '11 at 12:56
2

When you're in a folder other than root. All the keys in parent folder will be inherited. – Jahan Zinedine Oct 02 '11 at 12:57
2

It also can inherit from the machine.config. – Doozer Blake Oct 02 '11 at 13:08

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