C# is there a simple to know if my connection string is encrypt or not?

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Published on 2010-05-24T16:06:28Z Indexed on 2010/05/24 16:11 UTC
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I want to know if my connection string is encrypted or not. I don't want to encrypt it again and again. This is only an issue in development stage. Any way to check the status of the connection string in App.config?

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