Re: NameValueCollection's GetValues does not return multiple entries

From: Matt Berther (mberther_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/29/05 

Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 10:15:32 -0800

Hello Vagif,

A key is supposed to be unique. I think what you are after is this:

<add key="Key" value="Value1,Value2" />

The NameValueCollection returns a string array based on a string split on
','. 

--
Matt Berther
http://www.mattberther.com
> When I use AppSettings and try to retrieve multiple values associated
> with a single key, I only get the last value. E.g. if I have in my
> config
> 
> <appSettings>
> <add key="Key" value="Value1" />
> <add key="Key" value="Value2" />
> </appSettings>
> then attempt to read both values by using AppSettings.GetValues("Key")
> gives only "Value2".
> 
> This is not what's written in .NET Framework documentation which says:
> 
> "NameValueCollection collection is based on the
> NameObjectCollectionBase class. However, unlike the
> NameObjectCollectionBase, this class stores multiple string values
> under a single key."
> 
> And the whole purpose og GetValues is to retrieve multiple values,
> ulike an indexer that only returns a single value. It does return a
> string array, but only with a single value.
> 
> What can be wrong?
> 
> Vagif Abilov
> 
> vagif @ online.no
>
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