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13,067 PointsIm trying to understand why my "Data Source=(localdb)\\MSSQLLocalDB; doesn't work for question 1
I would appreciate someone's help.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<!-- For more information on Entity Framework configuration, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=237468 -->
<section name="entityFramework" type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />
</configSections>
<startup>
<supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.6.1" />
</startup>
<entityFramework>
<defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.LocalDbConnectionFactory, EntityFramework">
<parameters>
<parameter value="mssqllocaldb" />
</parameters>
</defaultConnectionFactory>
<providers>
<provider invariantName="System.Data.SqlClient" type="System.Data.Entity.SqlServer.SqlProviderServices, EntityFramework.SqlServer" />
</providers>
</entityFramework>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="Context"
connectionString="Data Source=(localdb)\\MSSQLLocalDB;Initial Catalog=;Integrated Security=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=True"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/>
</connectionStrings>
</configuration>
2 Answers
Steven Parker
231,198 PointsToo many backslashes.
Since it's HTML code, you don't need to escape a backslash with another one.
Alexander Olson
13,067 PointsThank you Steven! I appreciate the help.