Question

I have created a project in MVC 3 using code first and nugget ,
And I would like to clear a few thing before publishing to my shared hosting:
In my project I have a class name: IchudShulContext (IchudShul is my project name)
In my sql server express it has created a DB name: IchudShul.Models.IchudShulContext.dbo
Does it make a different what name I give my shared hosting DB ?
Or should it match one of the following : IchudShul / IchudShulContext
My local connectionStrings look like this :

connectionString="Data Source=MyPc-MAINPC\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=IchudShul.Models.IchudShulContext;Integrated Security=True"
     providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />

Thanks

Answer 1

Based on Code-First convention, Your ConnectionString name in your web.config should have the same name as your context. Database name is not important. in your scenario, in your web.config:

<connectionStrings>
  <add name="IchudShulContext" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" 
    connectionString="Data Source=MyPc-MAINPC\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=WHATEVER_YOUR_DB_NAME_IS;Integrated Security=True" />
</connectionStrings>

If you want to use conventions, make sure the name attribute is: IchudShulContext. That’s all. Fill in WHATEVER_YOUR_DB_NAME_IS with whatever you db name is.