Microsoft Technology Guru Contest - Question 23

In the below code which is configured in web.config file of a Silverlight Business Application .

[code] <connectionStrings> <add name="MyEmpDB" connectionString="Data Source=.\SQL2008;Database=EMPDB; Integrated Security=true" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" /> </connectionStrings> <system.web> <membership defaultProvider="EmpMembershipProvider"> <providers> <clear /> <add name="EmpMembershipProvider" connectionStringName="MyEmpDB" applicationName="/EmployeeApp" type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" : . </providers> </membership> : . </system.web> . What is the use of <clear /> tag ?

1. It clears the existing providers in that section which are inherited from machine.config file.
2. It clears all the entries in the web.config file.
3. Clears all the entries from the Machine.config file
4. None of the above

 

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