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

Hope it helps..

    private readonly ApplicationDbContext _applicationDbContext;
    string connectionString = string.Empty;

    public CommonService(ApplicationDbContext applicationDbContext)
    {
        _applicationDbContext = applicationDbContext;
        connectionString = _applicationDbContext.Database.GetDbConnection().ConnectionString;
    }