Testing an Entity Framework database connection

Question

I have an app that connects to a MYSQL database through the entity framework. It works 100% perfectly, but I would like to add a small piece of code that will test the conne

Answer 1

Are you just wanting to see if the DB connection is valid? If so take a look at the

using (DatabaseContext dbContext = new DatabaseContext())
{
     dbContext.Database.Exists();
}

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg696617(v=vs.103).aspx

and for checking if a server machine is up, DB server or web services server , try this:

public PingReply Send( string hostNameOrAddress )

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7hzczzed.aspx