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

Posted by Amit Singh
Amit Singh
140 Points

Please don't put these assignment in between the course, you may put this stuff in last to evaluate.

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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)\LocalDB;Initial Catalog=;Integrated Security=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=True" 
         providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/>
  </connectionStrings>
</configuration>

1 Answer

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,972 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,972 Points

From the previous video @ 5:35 the SQL Server LocalDB default instance name would be Data Source=(localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB;