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Asked: 2026-05-31T13:08:18+00:00

I am writing an ASP MVC 3 application. I am using Sql Server 2008

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I am writing an ASP MVC 3 application. I am using Sql Server 2008 R2 for my database.

I created my data model and my DbContext called EFDbContext.
I created my database which is named SportsStore.

My connection string is:

<add name="EFDbContext" connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=SportsStore;Integrated Security=True;Pooling=False" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />

I run the app and no data is shown.

I figured out that EF automatically generates a new database SportsStore.Domain.Concrete.EFDbContext, but I want it to use SportsStore which I have previously created, and to automatically map my model properties to table columns.
If I disable the autogenerate database feature I get the following error:

Cannot open database “SportsStore.Domain.Concrete.EFDbContext”
requested by the login

Shouldn’t Entity Framework try to open SportsStore database? Why is it trying to open that one? Do I have a mistaken connection string?

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  1. Editorial Team

    hmm.I was getting same error.after some effort i realized that i had put connection string in wrong Web.config file.There are two web config files.One under view folder and another under the project.You need to add connection string in one under the project folder

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