Entity Framework code-first defining database name

Question

I use Entity Framework 6. I have an app.config file in my project and it has a connection string like below

<connectionStrings>
    <add name="ConnStrDev" 
         connectionString="Server=.\SqlExpress;Database=Dev;Trusted_Connection=True;"/>
</connectionStrings>

When I create this database via enable-migrations command, EF uses a name for this database like ConnStrDev .

But my expectation was using a database name like Dev because of the connection string's database name.

My DbContext source looks like this

public MyDbContext() : base("ConnStrDev")

Why does EF use a database name of ConnStrDev , instead of Dev ?

Thank you

Answer 1

EF uses Connection string Name in the app.config as DataBase Name. you can rename Connection string name in config file and dbcontext

public MyDbContext() : base("dev")


<connectionStrings>
    <add name="dev" 
         connectionString="Server=.\SqlExpress;Database=Dev;Trusted_Connection=True;"/>
</connectionStrings>