Whan is a appsetting read

[Thomas]

Hi,

Is an appsetting "mysetting" read from disk every time it's referenced in
code with
ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings.Get("mysetting")

?

- Thomas

 

[Hermit Dave]

Yeap it certainly is.

Regards,

HD

 

[Thomas]

Hi Hermit,

Thanks - we were not sure if it was cached in asp.net.

- Thomas

 

[Hermit Dave]

Thomas,

ASP.NET employs a way similar to the shadow copying mechanism for
assemblies.
The timestamp of the web.config file is monitored and any changes cause it
to be reapplied

Hope this helps,

HD