GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection") versus "name=DefaultConnection"

The Real Masochist 0
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I noticed some people use

var constring = builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection")!;
options.UseSqlServer(constring);

and some other people just use

options.UseSqlServer("name=DefaultConnection");

Are there any differences?

Note: Both read DefaultConnection key in appsettings.json.

"ConnectionStrings": {
    "DefaultConnection": "server=.;database=MyDb;integrated security=true"
}
entity-framework-core c#
1 Answers

No difference rly, the second call

options.UseSqlServer("name=DefaultConnection");

Will try to parse any string found in the connectionStrings config section, with a name of DefaultConnection, they are the same thing, but reading the config explicitly could be a "better" way, as it does not abstract the way that the confiiguration is parsed and set imo

MKougiouris0
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