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

In EntityFramework Core you can simply call: Database.CanConnect();.

(using EF Core 2.2.1)

Summary: Determines whether or not the database is available and can be connected to.

Note that being able to connect to the database does not mean that it is up-to-date with regard to schema creation, etc.