My dbcontext doesn't expect any connection string as an input

问题

I have 4 layer in my application UI,DomainClass,Model(DBCntext),Repository.

In repository i have an abstract class like this :

 public abstract class GenericRepository<C, T> :
    IGenericRepository<T>
        where T : class
        where C : DbContext, new()
    {

        private C _entities = new C();
        public C Context
        {

            get { return _entities; }
            set { _entities = value; }
        }

        public virtual IQueryable<T> GetAll()
        {

            IQueryable<T> query = _entities.Set<T>();
            return query;
        }

        public IQueryable<T> FindBy(System.Linq.Expressions.Expression<Func<T, bool>> predicate)
        {

            IQueryable<T> query = _entities.Set<T>().Where(predicate);
            return query;
        }

        public virtual void Add(T entity)
        {
            _entities.Set<T>().Add(entity);
        }

        public virtual void Delete(T entity)
        {
            _entities.Set<T>().Remove(entity);
        }

        public virtual void Edit(T entity)
        {
            _entities.Entry(entity).State = System.Data.Entity.EntityState.Modified;
        }

        public virtual void Save()
        {
            _entities.SaveChanges();
        }

    }

All my entities inheritance from this class like this :

namespace Repository
{
    public class StationRepository : GenericRepository<ShirazRailWay.ShirazRailwayEntities, DomainClass.Station>
    {
    }
}

I UI i called this repositories. as you can see here :

  stationrepository objnew=new stationrepository();
  obnew.getall();

In UI layer i have an connection string in app.config as you can see here :

<connectionStrings>
    <add name="ShirazRailwayEntities" connectionString="metadata=res://*/RailWay.csdl|res://*/RailWay.ssdl|res://*/RailWay.msl;provider=System.Data.SqlClient;provider connection string=&quot;data source=****;initial catalog=DB-Metro;user id=sa;password=****;MultipleActiveResultSets=True;App=EntityFramework&quot;" providerName="System.Data.EntityClient" />
  </connectionStrings>

But i want to give an option to my users that with this option they can set their connection string by themselves.So i created a form in UI layer that when the users trying to log in it asks them the connection string .My problem is How can pass this connection string to my dbcontext?

In my model layer(dbcontext) i have this :

 public partial class ShirazRailwayEntities : DbContext
    {

        public ShirazRailwayEntities(string connectionName)
            : base(connectionName)
        {
        }
        protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
        {
            throw new UnintentionalCodeFirstException();
        }

        public DbSet<Advertisement> Advertisements { get; set; }
        public DbSet<Line> Lines { get; set; }
        public DbSet<Log> Logs { get; set; }
        public DbSet<Path> Paths { get; set; }
        public DbSet<Sensor> Sensors { get; set; }
        public DbSet<Station> Stations { get; set; }
        public DbSet<Train> Trains { get; set; }
        public DbSet<User> Users { get; set; }
        public DbSet<TimeTable> TimeTables { get; set; }
        public DbSet<ConfigFont> ConfigFonts { get; set; }
        public DbSet<ArrivalTime> ArrivalTimes { get; set; }
        public DbSet<ConfigColor> ConfigColors { get; set; }
    }

i clear the connection string in app.config file ,but the application doesn't expect any connection string ,and it can't connect to database .why ?Where should i inject my connection string to dbcontext ?as you can see my constructor expects an input.I need to do this in UI layer

best regards

回答1:

Pass the name of the connection string, not the connection string itself, like so:

<connectionStrings>
<add name="ShirazRailwayEntities" connectionString="metadata=res://*/RailWay.csdl|res://*/RailWay.ssdl|res://*/RailWay.msl;provider=System.Data.SqlClient;provider connection string=&quot;data source=****;initial catalog=DB-Metro;user id=sa;password=****;MultipleActiveResultSets=True;App=EntityFramework&quot;" providerName="System.Data.EntityClient" />

var context = new ShirazRailwayEntities("ShirazRailwayEntities");

or

var context = new ShirazRailwayEntities("someOtherConnectionStringInAppConfig");

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24742709/my-dbcontext-doesnt-expect-any-connection-string-as-an-input