Get the Entity Framework Connection String

Question

We use Entity Framework 5, but have a requirement to ALSO use a normal database connection from the application for some custom SQL we need to perform.

So, I am creating

Answer 1

Do you mean, can you use a SqlConnection with your EF DbContext?

The DbContext class has a constructor where you can pass in a SqlConnection, and then tell EF whether or not it owns it.

var YourContext = new YourContext(SqlConnection, true);