c# - Transform Web.config Hibernate configuration VS 2012 -

i have web.config:

<?xml version="1.0"?> <configuration>   <configsections>     <section name="hibernate-configuration" type="nhibernate.cfg.configurationsectionhandler, nhibernate" requirepermission="false"/>   </configsections>   <hibernate-configuration xmlns="urn:nhibernate-configuration-2.2">     <session-factory>       <property name="connection.driver_class">nhibernate.driver.oracleclientdriver</property>       <property name="connection.connection_string">{old_connection}</property>       <property name="dialect">nhibernate.dialect.oracle10gdialect</property>       <property name="proxyfactory.factory_class">nhibernate.bytecode.defaultproxyfactoryfactory, nhibernate</property>       <property name="show_sql">false</property>       <property name="query.substitutions">true 1, false 0, yes 'y', no 'n'</property>     </session-factory>   </hibernate-configuration> </configuration> 

i apply transformation. web.release.config:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <configuration xmlns:xdt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/xml-document-transform"                xmlns:hib="urn:nhibernate-configuration-2.2">   <configsections>     <section name="hibernate-configuration" type="nhibernate.cfg.configurationsectionhandler, nhibernate" requirepermission="false"/>   </configsections>   <hib:hibernate-configuration xmlns="urn:nhibernate-configuration-2.2">     <hib:session-factory>       <hib:property xdt:transform="replace" xdt:locator="match(name)" name="connection.connection_string">{new_connection}</hib:property>     </hib:session-factory>   </hib:hibernate-configuration> </configuration> 

run in vs2012 in release, transformation not occur. string not replaced. in reason?

the transformation not happen because element names differs baseline web.config. if remove hib namespace, transformation take place.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <configuration xmlns:xdt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/xml-document-transform">   <hibernate-configuration xmlns="urn:nhibernate-configuration-2.2">     <session-factory>       <property xdt:transform="replace" xdt:locator="match(name)" name="connection.connection_string">{new_connection}</property>     </session-factory>   </hibernate-configuration> </configuration> 

another thing note. if current configuration release , running application through visual studio, server point root of project. in root, have web.config, web.debug.config , web.release.config , server pick-up usual configuration file, without transformation (ie web.config).