Say i have something like this:

VB Code:
  1. <connectionStrings>
  2.         <add name="DBConnectionString" connectionString="Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Prima\App_Data\DB.mdb"; providerName="System.Data.OleDb" />
  3. </connectionStrings>
but i want to make it with relative path like this


VB Code:
  1. <connectionStrings>
  2.         <add name="DBConnectionString" connectionString="Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=~\App_Data\DB.mdb"; providerName="System.Data.OleDb" />
  3. </connectionStrings>

but when i replace the path with the tilda '~' i get an error (exception) "'C:\WINDOWS\system32\~\App_Data\DB.mdb' is not a valid path...."

Thanks for the help