Overriding code-generated DbContext constructor

Question

I\'m sure I\'ve done this before at some stage, but I can\'t figure out how to now! My scenario:

// This is generated from EDMX
public partial class HOLDbEnt         


        

Answer 1

The best I can suggest is a factory method:

private HOLDbEntities(string contextName) : base(contextName) { }

public static HOLDbEntities Create() {
    return new HOLDbEntities(ContextName);
}

and use HOLDbEntities.Create() rather than new HOLDbEntities().