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Asked: 2026-05-31T01:52:05+00:00

I am using Visual Studio 2010 to build a web app using C# ASP.NET

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I am using Visual Studio 2010 to build a web app using C# ASP.NET MVC 3 using Entity Framework.

The program’s default location for the database is in the App_Data folder of the project. After playing around with adding class libraries, when I try to create an entity data model, it asks to copy the database to that project. I find this rather inconvenient.

Would it be better to point to the database from a location outside of the App_Data folder, or even outside the entire solution? If so, where would you suggest I point to? Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You don’t say which DB you’re using.

    For non-trivial projects you would typically use a DB server such as SQL Server. When you configure SQL Server, you generally set up a dedicated location for DB files, at some appropriate place in your file system.

    I would typically put DBs in a place which is specified by the DB server, rather than in a place which is somehow related to the web app.

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