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 12:33:53 -0800

Hello Vagif,

Can you post a small example project that demonstrates the problem you are
having? 

--
Matt Berther
http://www.mattberther.com
> The strange thing is that if I use your format: <add key="Key"
> value="Value1,Value2" />
> then GetValues() returns an array that contains only the first value
> ("Value1").
> I also don't think it should work that way. NameValueCollection.Add()
> method (unlike Set) _adds_ another value to an existing key if it
> already exists, so why they implemented it differently in
> AppSettingReader?
> 
> Vagif
> 
> "Matt Berther" <mberther@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:8018000632425943734822023@news.microsoft.com...
> 
>> 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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