Typical SqlDataSource control generated by Visual Studio
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <script runat="server"> </script> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head runat="server"> <title>Untitled Page</title> </head> <body> <form id="form1" runat="server"> <div> <asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" Runat="server" SelectCommand="SELECT * FROM [Customers]" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:AppConnectionString1 %>"> </asp:SqlDataSource> </div> </form> </body> </html> File: Web.config <configuration> <appSettings/> <connectionStrings> <add name="AppConnectionString1" connectionString="Data Source=localhost\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=Northwind;Integrated Security=True" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" /> </connectionStrings> <system.web> <compilation debug="true" strict="false" explicit="true"> <codeSubDirectories> <add directoryName="VB"></add> <add directoryName="CS"></add> </codeSubDirectories> </compilation> <pages> <namespaces> <clear/> <add namespace="System"/> <add namespace="System.Collections"/> <add namespace="System.Collections.Specialized"/> <add namespace="System.Configuration"/> <add namespace="System.Text"/> <add namespace="System.Text.RegularExpressions"/> <add namespace="System.Web"/> <add namespace="System.Web.Caching"/> <add namespace="System.Web.SessionState"/> <add namespace="System.Web.Security"/> <add namespace="System.Web.Profile"/> <add namespace="System.Web.UI"/> <add namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls"/> <add namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts"/> <add namespace="System.Web.UI.HtmlControls"/> </namespaces> </pages> <authentication mode="Windows"></authentication> <identity impersonate="true"/> </system.web> </configuration>