10 Things ASP.NET Developers Should Know About Web.config Inheritance and Overrides

Posted by: JonGalloway.ToString(), on 18 Jan 2012 | View original | Bookmarked: 1 time(s)

The ASP.NET configuration system is build around the idea of inheritance: Each Web.config file applies configuration settings to the directory that it is in and to all of the child directories below it. Settings in child directories can optionally override or modify settings that are specified in parent directories. Configuration settings in a Web.config file can optionally be applied to individual files or subdirectories by specifying a path in a location element. The root of the ASP.NET...

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