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Asked: 2026-05-12T08:17:19+00:00

When I instance my Entities object in Entity Framework, and make a couple of

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When I instance my “Entities” object in Entity Framework, and make a couple of queries using that Entities object, what happens to connections?

  • Does it open a connection when I instance the object, and close it when I dispose of it?
  • Or does it open and close a connection for each single query I execute?

In either case, is it possible to change it so that it does the other thing?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Basically it opens when a request is called and closes once the results have been disposed or consumed. You can manually open/close or use the same connection using the object context…

    This article has a more complete explanation –
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb738582.aspx (archive.org)

    Here is the How To on using an entity Connection –
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb738461.aspx (archive.org)

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