How do I create connection string programmatically to MS SQL in Entity Framework 6?

Question

How do I create connection string programmatically to MS SQL in Entity Framework 6?

I\'m using c# and WPF and I was wondering if someone could show me how or link me to

Answer 1

You could use the ProductivityTools.ConnectionString nuget package. It has 3 methods:

• Creates connection string to server without database name
• Creates connection string to server with the database name
• Creates connection string for EntityFramework database context

Last method will be right for you and asssuming that your edmx is named Product after invocation

ConnectionStringHelper.ConnectionString.GetSqlEntityFrameworkConnectionString
("serverName", "databaseName", "Product");

Package will return:

metadata=res://*/Product.csdl|res://*/Product.ssdl| res://*/Product.msl; 
provider=System.Data.SqlClient;provider connection string="Data Source=serverName;
Initial Catalog=databaseName;Integrated Security=True"