/// <summary>Creates and opens a db connection, if needed.</summary>
/// <returns>True if the connection was already open, false otherwise.</returns>
private bool EnsureOpenDbConnection()
{
bool wasOpen = false;
if (config.GetConnection() == null)
{
DbProviderFactory factory = DbProviderFactories.GetFactory(config.ConnectionType);
config.SetConnection(factory.CreateConnection());
config.GetConnection().ConnectionString = config.ConnectionString;
config.GetConnection().Open();
}
else
{
if (config.GetConnection().State != ConnectionState.Open)
{
config.GetConnection().Open();
}
else
{
wasOpen = true;
}
}
return(wasOpen);
}
