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?
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)