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

even in EF3 you can use EntityConnectionStringBuilder.

EntityConnectionStringBuilder conn = 
    new EntityConnectionStringBuilder(DBEntities.dbConnection);
SqlConnection s = new SqlConnection(conn.ProviderConnectionString);