This operation requires a connection to the 'master' database

Question

I have suddenly started getting an error in my application.

The error is:

This operation requires a connection to the \'master\' database. Una

Answer 1

I am so stupid. I faced the same error and then I realized that I was running the update-database -verbose command in Package Manager Console in Release mode when I hadn't configured the transformations for release mode.

Here is the connectionstring format that worked for me in Debug mode.

Password=dumbeldore;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=johnmcclain;Initial Catalog=DB_diehard400;Data Source=killthatbill;

• sensitive info in the connectionstring edited for security reasons. Please follow only the format.