Yeah, I can't get it to throw an exception (even when I use an invalid key), though the MSDN documentation says an exception can be thrown. One more thing I noticed is that ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings is deprecated in favor of ConfigurationManager.AppSettings, though it may be fine if the code resides in an older version of the .Net Framework in which that was not yet deprecated. [WikiLeaks Cablegate Cables]

We worked with a third party application designed in France - all the database table names were French abbreviations or acronyms. The "Authorized List" table was called ASS. Imagine the SQL when we desired to create a new record in that table: "INSERT INTO ASS ..." :laugh: