Change Entity framework database schema at runtime

Question

In most asp.net applications you can change the database store by modifing the connectionstring at runtime. i.e I can change from using a test database to a production database

Answer 1

I have this same issue and it's really rather annoying, because it's one of those cases where Microsoft really missed the boat. Half the reason to use EF is support for additional databases, but unless you go code first which doesn't really address the problem.

In MS SQL changing the schema makes very little sense, because the schema is part of the identity of the tables. For other types of databases, the schema is very much not part of the identity of the database and only determines the location of the database. Connect to Oracle and changing the database and changing the schema are essentially synonymous.