Question

How can I change the connection string to my entity framework database, based on if it is debugging locally, or on the server. I want to use the internal IP address of the database when it is on the server to hopefully increase performance. I am hoping I will not have to change the connection string every time I want to publish the site.
I am using Visual Studo 11. I have not tried anything because I am not sure what the options are. I have been deploying to file system, but I will be doing web deploy in the near future.

Answer 1

Sounds like you need Web.config transformations.

With it, you can replace values in the config file automatically based on the build configuration. Create a separate build configuration for the server if needed, or just use Release.