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C# Entity Framework Basics Entity Framework and Databases Changing the Database Name

Posted by Alexander Olson
Alexander Olson
13,067 Points

Im trying to understand why my "Data Source=(localdb)\\MSSQLLocalDB; doesn't work for question 1

I would appreciate someone's help.

App.config 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <!-- For more information on Entity Framework configuration, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=237468 -->
    <section name="entityFramework" type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />
  </configSections>
  <startup>
    <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.6.1" />
  </startup>
  <entityFramework>
    <defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.LocalDbConnectionFactory, EntityFramework">
      <parameters>
        <parameter value="mssqllocaldb" />
      </parameters>
    </defaultConnectionFactory>
    <providers>
      <provider invariantName="System.Data.SqlClient" type="System.Data.Entity.SqlServer.SqlProviderServices, EntityFramework.SqlServer" />
    </providers>
  </entityFramework>
  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="Context" 
         connectionString="Data Source=(localdb)\\MSSQLLocalDB;Initial Catalog=;Integrated Security=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=True" 
         providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/>
  </connectionStrings>
</configuration>

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,670 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,670 Points

Too many backslashes.

Since it's HTML code, you don't need to escape a backslash with another one.

Alexander Olson
Alexander Olson
13,067 Points
Alexander Olson
Alexander Olson
13,067 Points

Thank you Steven! I appreciate the help.