Connection Strings for Entity Framework

Question

I want to share same Database information across multiple entities in Silverlight.. but I want the connection string to be named xyz and have everyone access that connection

Answer 1

What I understand is you want same connection string with different Metadata in it. So you can use a connectionstring as given below and replace "" part. I have used your given connectionString in same sequence.

connectionString="provider=System.Data.SqlClient;provider connection string="Data Source=SomeServer;Initial Catalog=SomeCatalog;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=Entity;Password=SomePassword;MultipleActiveResultSets=True""

For first connectionString replace with "metadata=res://*/ModEntity.csdl|res://*/ModEntity.ssdl|res://*/ModEntity.msl;"

For second connectionString replace with "metadata=res://*/Entity.csdl|res://*/Entity.ssdl|res://*/Entity.msl;"

For third connectionString replace with "metadata=res://*/Entity.csdl|res://*/Entity.ssdl|res://*/Entity.msl|res://*/ModEntity.csdl|res://*/ModEntity.ssdl|res://*/ModEntity.msl;"

Happy coding!