Web.Config: Connection String with Application name

Question

I am really struggling to get this to work. I have a connection string and I want to add the application name with an NpgSql provider. According to this SO post I should use ApplicationName, and according to the PostgreSQL docs I should use application_name. The problem I an having is that neither of those work for me.

Connection String:

<add name="Site" connectionString="Server=******;Port=******;Database==******;User Id==******;Password==******;SearchPath==******;ApplicationName=test" providerName="NpgSql"/>

Error:

key=value argument incorrect in ConnectionString
Parameter name: applicationname

Connection String:

<add name="Site" connectionString="Server=******;Port=******;Database==******;User Id==******;Password==******;SearchPath==******;application_name=test" providerName="NpgSql"/>

Error:

key=value argument incorrect in ConnectionString
Parameter name: application_name

Answer 1

In case there are people who searched for answer to this question, here is the solution: application_name=MyApp will not work for npgsql version 2.2.4.3 (Latest Released 2015-02-05) Change application_name to ApplicationName=MyAp Answered also provided to the link posted by the questioner above.