Set Entity Framework Connection String at Runtime in C#

Question

I need to set my Entity Framework connection string at runtime. Right now, I have the following:

string connectionString = \"metadata=res://*/DataModels.Cust         


        

Answer 1

I know this was asked 10 months ago, but I found an easier way to specify the connectionString:

If your config file has it as:

You can specify it as -

public const string ConnectionString = @"name=CustomerDataModel";
..
CustomerDBContext context = new CustomerDBContext(ConnectionString );

No need to worry about quotes. Lot cleaner.