DbContext Constructor (String, DbCompiledModel)

[This page is specific to the Entity Framework version 6. The latest version is available as the 'Entity Framework' NuGet package. For more information about Entity Framework, see msdn.com/data/ef.]

Constructs a new context instance using the given string as the name or connection string for the database to which a connection will be made, and initializes it from the given model. See the class remarks for how this is used to create a connection.

Namespace:  System.Data.Entity
Assembly:  EntityFramework (in EntityFramework.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2214:DoNotCallOverridableMethodsInConstructors")> _
<SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Reliability", "CA2000:Dispose objects before losing scope")> _
Public Sub New ( _
    nameOrConnectionString As String, _
    model As DbCompiledModel _
)
'Usage
Dim nameOrConnectionString As String 
Dim model As DbCompiledModel 

Dim instance As New DbContext(nameOrConnectionString, _
    model)
[SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2214:DoNotCallOverridableMethodsInConstructors")]
[SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Reliability", "CA2000:Dispose objects before losing scope")]
public DbContext(
    string nameOrConnectionString,
    DbCompiledModel model
)
[SuppressMessageAttribute(L"Microsoft.Usage", L"CA2214:DoNotCallOverridableMethodsInConstructors")]
[SuppressMessageAttribute(L"Microsoft.Reliability", L"CA2000:Dispose objects before losing scope")]
public:
DbContext(
    String^ nameOrConnectionString, 
    DbCompiledModel^ model
)
[<SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2214:DoNotCallOverridableMethodsInConstructors")>]
[<SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Reliability", "CA2000:Dispose objects before losing scope")>]
new : 
        nameOrConnectionString:string * 
        model:DbCompiledModel -> DbContext
public function DbContext(
    nameOrConnectionString : String, 
    model : DbCompiledModel
)

Parameters

  • nameOrConnectionString
    Type: System.String
    Either the database name or a connection string.

See Also

Reference

DbContext Class

DbContext Overload

System.Data.Entity Namespace