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Ole Lynge
Ole Lynge

Reputation: 4587

XmlMassUpdate - How to delete a node

We would like to use msbuild to clear the connectionStrings section from a web.config file.

What is the easiest way to do that?

We have previously used XmlMassUpdate to replace values (see also this question: XmlMassUpdate - Replace Value Node), but have not found a way to remove it entirely.

More details:

We would like to change the section in web.config from

<connectionStrings>
  <add name="connectionString1" connectionString="Data Source=localhost\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=Db1;Integrated Security=True" />
</connectionStrings>

to

<connectionStrings>
</connectionStrings>

Upvotes: 4

Views: 1678

Answers (3)

tas
tas

Reputation: 11

I tried something similar to the following and it seemed to work:

<connectionStrings>
  <add xmu:key="name" name="connectionString1" xmu:action="remove" />
</connectionStrings>

(note name= instead of key=)

Upvotes: 1

jmaragon
jmaragon

Reputation: 96

Try this in your substitutions file 

<connectionStrings xmu:action="remove" />

This should completeley remove the <connectionStrings> tag.

Upvotes: 8

Tom Lianza
Tom Lianza

Reputation: 4072

Give this a shot:

<connectionStrings>
  <add xmu:key="name" key="connectionString1" xmu:action="remove" />
</connectionStrings>

Upvotes: 1

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