entity framework 4.1 objectContext vs dbContext

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ADO.NET DbContext Generator vs. ADO.NET Poco Entity Generator (ObjectContext)

Should I use ObjectContext or DbContext? What's the best way?

See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3471455/is-dbcontext-the-same-as-datacontext — Martin, Mar 21 '11 at 10:33
@all instead of upvoting on possible duplicate suggestions, one should vote to close if you agree! — Ruben Bartelink, Oct 10 '12 at 11:54

ckonig · Answer 1 · 2012-04-19T19:05:45.783

I am currently using DbContext in a Database first situation and it is working fine. DbContext is NOT only for Code First development.

DbContext acts like a wrapper around the ObjectContext. Julie Lerman has a nice explanation, how you can access the ObjectContext that is inside of DbContext here. So if you decide to use DbContext, you can still solve things with ObjectContext if you need to.

DbContext simplifies common tasks. One example is the Find() method.

Product p = db.Products.Find(id);

score 16 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 12 '11 at 09:38

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ObjectContext for version 4.0 when using a designer generated model and DbContext with a 4.1 Code First model.

answered Jun 12 '11 at 09:38

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-1 If this question wasnt so dramatically over-voted, I'd just comment, 'why ? Please provide some justification' – Ruben Bartelink Oct 10 '12 at 11:42

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 27 '12 at 14:29

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It seems like when you use the designer generated model it automatically defaults to ObjectContext anyway

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Only if you do not add another Code Generation Item. – ckonig Jun 12 '12 at 09:09
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Add a DbContext Generator first and your model will use DbContext. If you first add POCO Entity Generator, then your entities will derive from ObjectContext. – zomf Jul 19 '12 at 07:19

entity framework 4.1 objectContext vs dbContext

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