net core 1 (dnx 4.5.1) with enterpriselibrary 6 - setting up the connection string - connection-string

Question

i ve big problems running enterprise library data access block with net core 1 (dnx 4.5.1)
How can i setup the default connection string for entlib
my appsettings.json
"ConnectionString": "Server=localhost\sqlexpress;Initial Catalog=blind;User Id=blind;Password=blind"
Here is my problem (no default connectionstring)
Database db = DatabaseFactory.CreateDatabase();
how can i pass the appsettings ConnectionString to the entlib databasefactory
any help would be greatly appreciated

Answer 1

I know it's an old question, but I have a similar setup (but using .NET Core 2.0) and it took me awhile to figure out how to set the default database connection without using the web.config to manage it.
What I did was include the default database and all of the connection strings in the appsettings.json and then in my Startup class I read the appsettings.json into an object that I defined to store the default db name and the connection strings and configure the default + named database using DatabaseFactory.SetDatabase.
DatabaseFactory.SetDatabases() Definition
public class DataConfiguration
{
public string DefaultDatabase { get; set; }
public List<ConnectionStringSettings> ConnectionStrings { get; set; }
}
public class Startup
{
public Startup(IConfiguration configuration)
{
//Get the Database Connections from appsettings.json
DataConfig = configuration.Get<DataConfiguration>();
var defaultDb = DataConfig.ConnectionStrings?.Find(c => c.Name == DataConfig.DefaultDatabase);
DatabaseFactory.SetDatabases(() => new SqlDatabase(defaultDb.ConnectionString), GetDatabase);
Configuration = configuration;
}
public Database GetDatabase(string name)
{
var dbInfo = DataConfig.ConnectionStrings.Find(c => c.Name == name);
if (dbInfo.ProviderName == "System.Data.SqlClient")
{
return new SqlDatabase(dbInfo.ConnectionString);
}
return new MySqlDatabase(dbInfo.ConnectionString);
}
}

Answer 2

Whenever there is documentation, I always suggest reading it as it is usually good. This is one of those examples, check out the "Getting Started with ASP.NET 5 and Entity Framework 6". There are several things that you need to do to ensure that you are correctly configured.
Setup your connection string and DI.
public class ApplicationDbContext : DbContext
{
public ApplicationDbContext(string nameOrConnectionString)
: base(nameOrConnectionString)
{
}
}
Also, notice the path in the configuration, it seems to differ from yours.
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
services.AddScoped((_) =>
new ApplicationDbContext(
Configuration["Data:DefaultConnection:ConnectionString"]));
// Configure remaining services
}