How do I handle Database Connections with Dapper in .NET?

Question

I\'ve been playing with Dapper, but I\'m not sure of the best way to handle the database connection.

Most examples show the connection object being created in the

Answer 1

I do it like this:

internal class Repository : IRepository {

    private readonly Func _connectionFactory;

    public Repository(Func connectionFactory) 
    {
        _connectionFactory = connectionFactory;
    }

    public IWidget Get(string key) {
        using(var conn = _connectionFactory()) 
        {
            return conn.Query(
               "select * from widgets with(nolock) where widgetkey=@WidgetKey", new { WidgetKey=key });
        }
    }
}

Then, wherever I wire-up my dependencies (ex: Global.asax.cs or Startup.cs), I do something like:

var connectionFactory = new Func(() => {
    var conn = new SqlConnection(
        ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["connectionString-name"];
    conn.Open();
    return conn;
});