Entity Framework 6 set connection string runtime

Question

We are in a mixed environment where our application is using both ADO.NET and Entity Framework.
Since both are pointing to the same physical SQL server, we would like to

Answer 1

Other way is to declare another connection string in the config file and use it with the following alternative constructor:

class TestEntities : DbConnect {
 
    public TestEntities (string connectionName)
       : base($"name={connectionName}")
    {
    }

...

Then to use this solution just:

1. add another connection to the config file:

2. call it like this:

   var db = new TestEntities (connectionName:"other");