c# - Handle backslash in the connection string

Question

I have a following connection string in app.config

<add name="myDBConnectionString"
     connectionString="Data Source=ASDFGSQLEXPRESS;
         Initial Catalog=ZAQ;
         Integrated Security=True;"/>

in my C# code then, when I get this string DB is always evaluated as "ASDFG\SQLEXPRESS"

I couldn't put @ since app.config doesn't like it. Also, if I say

ASDFG\SQLEXPRESS 

it gets evaluated as

ASDFG\\SQLEXPRESS 

and not open the connection.

Thank You,

Answer 1

The debugger may display it as ASDFG\SQLEXPRESS, but it's just escaping that backslash for display purposes.