ASP.NET: How to create a connection from a web.config ConnectionString?

Question

How do you construct a DbConnection based on a provider name?

Sample provider names

• System.Data.SqlClient
• System.Data.Ol

Answer 1

If the providerName for the particular connection name (dev, test, prod) never changes why cant you do a switch on the connectionName param for your method and set the providerName instance that way?