Connection string can be long.. and I can easily be too lazy to type them over n over again.
here is what you can do..
Imports System.Configuration
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.Configuration
Calling Connection String from web.confing
Dim cnnMe as SqlConnection
Dim cmdMe as sqlCommand
cnnMe = New SqlConnection()
cnnMe.ConnectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionString("ConnectioName").ConnectionString
...
web.config
<connectionStrings>
<add name="connectionStringName" connectionString="Data Source=YourDataSource;Initial Catalog=InitialData;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=userID;Password=Password"/>
</connectionStrings>