Entity Framework DefaultConnectionFactory being ignored

Question

I\'m using Entity Framework 5 with Code First. I\'ve written a custom IDbConnectionFactory which I want to use for all the connections made by my DbContex

Answer 1

You need to get the connection that you built for each call that you are wanting to use. For example using the following code.

private static void UsingCustomConnection()
{
    using (var conn = Database.DefaultConnectionFactory.CreateConnection("YourDbName"))
    {
        using (var context = new YourContext(conn))
        {
            context.Destinations.Add(new Destination {Name = "Colorado"});
            context.SaveChanges();
        }
    }
}

You will need to setup this in YourContext

public YourContext(DbConnection connection)
    : base(connection, contextOwnsConnection: false)
{

}

Answer 2

I know it is not ideal but this worked for me:

public class DBBase : DbContext
{
    public DBBase(string nameOrConnectionString)
        : base(Database.DefaultConnectionFactory.CreateConnection(nameOrConnectionString), true)
    {
    }
    // ...
}