The attribute connectionstringName is missing or empty

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Hi Friends,
I am getting this exception when trying to get or create a user using Membership or Profile.Here is my web.config code.I am using VS2010 Framework 4.0.

What could be the problem?

C#

    <connectionStrings>
    <add name="classConnectionString" connectionString="Data Source=MINHAS\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=Test;Integrated Security=True"/>
</connectionStrings>
    <profile defaultProvider="MyProvider">
        <properties>
            <add name="Name" type="System.String"/>
            <add name="ID" type="System.String"/>
            <add name="Color" type="System.String"/>
        </properties>
        <providers>
            <clear/>
            <add name="MyProvider" type="System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider" connnectionStringName="classConnectionString" applicationName="/"/>
        </providers>
    </profile>
    <membership defaultProvider="MyProvider">
        <providers>
            <add name="MyProvider" connnectionStringName="classConnectionString" type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider" applicationName="/" enablePasswordRetrieval="true" enablePasswordReset="true" passwordFormat="Encrypted" requiresQuestionAndAnswer="true"/>
        </providers>
    </membership>

Posted 12-Jan-13 6:08am

MairajAhmed

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Solution 1

Refer this-
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12116955/the-attribute-connectionstringname-is-missing-or-empty-in-web-config[^]

Posted 12-Jan-13 7:50am

Surendra0x2

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MairajAhmed 13-Jan-13 4:30am

I have already seen that but this does not help because i have already set connectionStringName in provider section

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composeme · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-14T18:16:00

Solution 2

You have given three times n in connection string name

C#

incorrect 
connnectionStringName="classConnectionString"

correct

C#

connectionStringName="classConnectionString"

Posted 14-Jan-13 18:16pm

composeme

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madhuri@mumbai 15-Jan-13 0:28am

Good observation..

MairajAhmed 16-Jan-13 11:51am

Thanks a lot.It helped.