Reading membership section from web.config in C#
MembershipSection membershipSection = ( MembershipSection ) WebConfigurationManager . GetSection ( "system.web/membership" ); string defaultProvider = membershipSection . DefaultProvider ; ProviderSettings providerSettings = membershipSection . Providers [ defaultProvider ]; string connectionStringName = providerSettings . Parameters [ "connectionStringName" ]; string connectionUsername = providerSettings . Parameters [ "connectionUsername" ]; string connectionPassword = providerSettings . Parameters [ "connectionPassword" ]; string connectionString = WebConfigurationManager . ConnectionStrings [ connectionStringName ]. ConnectionString ;