using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Configuration; using System.Linq; using System.Web; namespace MVC5App.Models { public class Helpers { public static string GetRDSConnection() { var appConfig = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings; string dbname = appConfig["RDS_DB_NAME"]; if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(dbname)) return null; string username = appConfig["RDS_USERNAME"]; string password = appConfig["RDS_PASSWORD"]; string hostname = appConfig["RDS_HOSTNAME"]; string port = appConfig["RDS_PORT"]; return "Data Source=" + hostname + ";Initial Catalog=" + dbname + ";User ID=" + username + ";Password=" + password + ";"; } } }