Question

I would like to use Entity Framework Code first approach with SQLCE4 database. Everything seems to be really nice but I have problem with debugging sql queries. I found that EFTracing from http://efwrappers.codeplex.com/ should be exactly what I need but I don’t know how to use it without app.config file. I am not big fan of this configuration. I want to use only C# code to set everything up and running. I think it should be fine to use code like this:

using (System.Data.Common.DbConnection c = 
    new EFTracingProvider.EFTracingConnection(
        new System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeConnection(conn)))
{
    using (var context = new MyContext(c))
    {
        var a = from data in context.Projects select data;
    }
}

But it doesn’t work. It throws exception:

Unable to determine the provider name for connection of type
EFTracingProvider.EFTracingConnection’.

Is there any simple way how to correctly create wrapped connection only in code?

Answer 1

Solution for my problem is following DbContext object.

public class MyContext : DbContext
{
  public MyContext()
    : base(CreateConnection("Data Source=file.sdf", 
                            "System.Data.SqlServerCe.4.0"), true)
  { }

  public DbSet<Project> Projects { get; set; }

  public static bool TraceEnabled = true;

  private static DbConnection CreateConnection(string connectionString, 
                                               string providerInvariantName)
  {
    DbConnection connection = null;
    if (TraceEnabled)
    {
      EFTracingProviderConfiguration.RegisterProvider();
      EFTracingProviderConfiguration.LogToConsole = true;
      string wrapperConnectionString = String.Format(@"wrappedProvider={0};{1}",
         providerInvariantName, connectionString);
      connection = new EFTracingConnection() 
      { 
        ConnectionString = wrapperConnectionString 
      };
    }
    else
    {
      DbProviderFactory factory = DbProviderFactories.GetFactory(providerInvariantName);
      connection = factory.CreateConnection();
      connection.ConnectionString = connectionString;
    }
    return connection;
  }
}

So now I can use just context and connection is created automatically for wrapped or unwrapped SqlCe depending on TraceEnabled property.

using (var context = new MyContext())
{
    var a = context.Projects.FirstOrDefault();
}