The latest articles on DEV Community by Shafiq Ur Rehman (@srplanta). https://dev.to/srplanta https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F937954%2F5bcbd3c4-d587-417a-9586-a12f9d870680.png https://dev.to/srplanta en Shafiq Ur Rehman Sat, 11 Feb 2023 06:04:07 +0000 https://dev.to/srplanta/answer-use-name-connectionstrings-in-appconfig-for-scaffold-dbcontext-ef-6-command-2o16 https://dev.to/srplanta/answer-use-name-connectionstrings-in-appconfig-for-scaffold-dbcontext-ef-6-command-2o16 <div class="ltag__stackexchange--container"> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--title-container"> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--title"> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--header"> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--7Gn-iPj_--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev.to/assets/stackoverflow-logo-b42691ae545e4810b105ee957979a853a696085e67e43ee14c5699cf3e890fb4.svg" alt=""> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/73786301/use-name-connectionstrings-in-app-config-for-scaffold-dbcontext-ef-6-command/75418306#75418306" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <span class="title-flare">answer</span> re: Use name connectionStrings in app.config for Scaffold-DbContext EF 6 command </a> </div> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--post-metadata"> <span>Feb 11 '23</span> </div> </div> <a class="ltag__stackexchange--score-container" href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/73786301/use-name-connectionstrings-in-app-config-for-scaffold-dbcontext-ef-6-command/75418306#75418306" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--Y9mJpuJP--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev.to/assets/stackexchange-arrow-up-eff2e2849e67d156181d258e38802c0b57fa011f74164a7f97675ca3b6ab756b.svg" alt=""> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--score-number"> 0 </div> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--wif5Zq3z--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev.to/assets/stackexchange-arrow-down-4349fac0dd932d284fab7e4dd9846f19a3710558efde0d2dfd05897f3eeb9aba.svg" alt=""> </a> </div> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--body"> <p>In my case (VS2022, .NET 6) I also encountered the same problem n got solution in following way;</p> <ol> <li>Added Connection String in appsettings.json file (Screenshot attached)</li> <li>Ran the command: PM&gt; Scaffold-DbContext name=StudentDbConnectionString TrustServerCertificate=true;" Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer -OutputDir Models</li> <li>It generated relevant DbContext file (Screenshot attached)</li> <li>Manually registered DbContext in Builder.Services in program.cs…</li> </ol> </div> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--btn--container"> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/73786301/use-name-connectionstrings-in-app-config-for-scaffold-dbcontext-ef-6-command/75418306#75418306" class="ltag__stackexchange--btn" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open Full Answer</a> </div> </div>