Index: src/Appender/AdoNetAppender.cs
===================================================================
--- src/Appender/AdoNetAppender.cs	(revision 429521)
+++ src/Appender/AdoNetAppender.cs	(working copy)
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections;
+#if NET_2_0
+using System.Configuration;
+#endif
 using System.Data;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Reflection;
@@ -172,7 +175,38 @@
 			set { m_connectionString = value; }
 		}
 
+		#if NET_2_0
 		/// <summary>
+		/// Gets or set the name of a connection string specified in the ConnectionStrings 
+		/// section of an App.config or Web.config file used to connect to the database.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <value>
+		/// The name of a connection string within the ConnectionStrings section.
+		/// </value>
+		/// <remarks>
+		/// <para>
+		/// The <see cref="ConnectionString" /> property takes precedence over this setting. 
+		/// </para>
+		/// </remarks>
+		/// <example>
+		/// A ConnectionStrings section might look like this:
+		/// <code>
+		///	&lt;qconfiguration>
+		///		&lt;connectionStrings>
+        ///			&lt;add name="someDbConn" connectionString="Server=localhost;Database=SomeDb;Trusted_Connection=True" />
+		///		&lt;/connectionStrings>
+		/// &lt;/configuration>
+		/// </code>
+		/// Which can be referenced by setting the ConnectionStringName to "someDbConn".
+		/// </example>
+		public string ConnectionStringName
+		{
+			get { return this.m_connectionStringName; }
+			set { this.m_connectionStringName = value; }
+		}
+		#endif
+
+		/// <summary>
 		/// Gets or sets the type name of the <see cref="IDbConnection"/> connection
 		/// that should be created.
 		/// </summary>
@@ -652,6 +686,15 @@
 				// Create the connection object
 				m_dbConnection = (IDbConnection)Activator.CreateInstance(ResolveConnectionType());
 			
+#if NET_2_0
+				if(String.IsNullOrEmpty(m_connectionString) && !String.IsNullOrEmpty(m_connectionStringName))
+				{
+					if (ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings[m_connectionStringName] != null)
+					{
+						m_connectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings[m_connectionStringName].ConnectionString;
+					}
+				}
+#endif
 				// Set the connection string
 				m_dbConnection.ConnectionString = m_connectionString;
 
@@ -853,7 +896,14 @@
 		/// </summary>
 		private string m_connectionString;
 
+		#if NET_2_0
 		/// <summary>
+		/// Name of the Connection string setting within the ConnectionStrings area.
+		/// </summary>
+		private string m_connectionStringName;
+		#endif
+		
+		/// <summary>
 		/// String type name of the <see cref="IDbConnection"/> type name.
 		/// </summary>
 		private string m_connectionType;