Get the Entity Framework Connection String

Question

We use Entity Framework 5, but have a requirement to ALSO use a normal database connection from the application for some custom SQL we need to perform.

So, I am creating

Answer 1

I had this problem too, to solve the problem you can do this:

        SqlConnection con = context.Database.Connection as SqlConnection;
        SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(sql, con);
        con.Open();

        SqlDataReader reader = command.ExecuteReader();
        while (reader.HasRows)
        {
            while (reader.Read())
            {
                //read your fields
            }

            reader.NextResult();
        }

        con.Close();