Entity Framework Generating DbSet instead of single class - entity-framework

Question

I have a tiny database with one tiny Table.
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Connections](
[connectionID] [bigint] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[ipAddress] [varchar](50) NULL,
[ConnectionGUID] [varchar](100) NULL,
[created] [datetime] NULL,
[registrationID] [varchar](100) NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_Connections] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[connectionID] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]
When I generate the model from the database, it generates:
public virtual DbSet<Connections> Connections { get; set; }
of which:
public partial class Connections
{
public long connectionID { get; set; }
public string ipAddress { get; set; }
public string ConnectionGUID { get; set; }
public Nullable<System.DateTime> created { get; set; }
public string registrationID { get; set; }
}
I don't know why it generated the DbSet instead of the single class
When I am trying to fill the class and SaveChanges, how do I access the DbSet?
using (savitassaEntities3 entities3 = new savitassaEntities3())
{
entities3.Connections conn = new Connections();
}
It's also colliding with the SignalR class Connections as this is aSignalR Hub.

Answer 1

From a database perspective, think of the DbSet as the Table and the class (Connections) as a row in that table. The DbSet is included in a DbContext class which you can think of as your Database.
As for the name collision with Connections, make sure to fully namespace qualify it. entities3.Connections conn = new MyProject.MyNamespace.Connections();
Thus to select records, you would do something along the lines of
var cn = new savitassaEntities3();
var query = cn.Connections.Where(c => c.foo == bar);
To insert a connection, use
cn.Connections.Add(value);
cn.SaveChanges();
If I'm missing what you're trying to do and what you have, feel free to add some more code and I can take a look.