private Guid GetApplicationID() { using (SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ApplicationServices"].ConnectionString)) { string queryString = "SELECT ApplicationId from aspnet_Applications WHERE ApplicationName = '/'"; //Set application name as in database SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(queryString, connection); command.Connection.Open(); var reader = command.ExecuteReader(); while (reader.Read()) { return reader.GetGuid(0); } return Guid.NewGuid(); } }