Question

I’m creating a new MVC 3 pilot application using Mvc3 and the MvcScaffolding NuGet, everything runs smoothly until i want to use the database i already have. The application keeps creating a database with the format:

projectname.Models.projectnameContext

I’m stuck in here, my connectionStrings is:

<connectionStrings>
   <add name="ApplicationServices" connectionString="data source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Integrated Security=SSPI;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|aspnetdb.mdf;User Instance=true" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" /> 
   <add name="EnginesTrackingEntities" connectionString="metadata=res://*/Models.Model1.csdl|res://*/Models.Model1.ssdl|res://*/Models.Model1.msl;provider=System.Data.SqlClient;provider connection string=&quot;data source=WARCHLAPPY\SQLEXPRESS;initial catalog=[EnginesTracking];integrated security=True;multipleactiveresultsets=True;App=EntityFramework&quot;" providerName="System.Data.EntityClient" /> 
</connectionStrings>

In which specifies that my database is EnginesTracking.

Update

I’m following the database first approach from this example.

I have everything working perfectly but when the application starts, it creates a new table instead of using the one i specified.

The only one difference is that there is no databaseEntities in my project, instead there is projectContext for which i cannot do the number 8 step

Update2

I’m kinda given up on this, going to follow codeFirst approach as this is taking to much time for only being a pilot.

This is the Model1.context.cs:

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// <auto-generated>
//    This code was generated from a template.
//
//    Manual changes to this file may cause unexpected behavior in your application.
//    Manual changes to this file will be overwritten if the code is regenerated.
// </auto-generated>
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

namespace ErrorReportingSystem.Models{
  using System;
  using System.Data.Entity;
  using System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure;

  public partial class EnginesTrackingEntities : DbContext
  {
    public EnginesTrackingEntities()
        : base("name=EnginesTrackingEntities")
    {
    }

    protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
    {
        throw new UnintentionalCodeFirstException();
    }

    public DbSet<Engine_Part> Engine_Part { get; set; }
    public DbSet<Engines> Engines { get; set; }
    public DbSet<Error> Error { get; set; }
    public DbSet<Has_error> Has_error { get; set; }
    public DbSet<Locations> Locations { get; set; }
    public DbSet<Operators> Operators { get; set; }
    public DbSet<sysdiagrams> sysdiagrams { get; set; }
  }
}

Answer 1

I finally found the problem. I found a similar issue here which finished pointing me in the right direction.

I had to add:

    public ErrorReportingSystemContext() : base("name=EnginesTrackingEntities") { }

To the ErrorReportingSystemContext.cs file under /Models folder.

Done!