ASP.NET EFCodeFirst not using correct connection string

I am trying to publish a website using ASP.NET MVC3 EF and CODEFIRST with a SQL Server 2008 backend. On my local machine I was using a sql express db for development, but now that I am pushing live, I want to use my hosted production database. The problem is that when I try to run the application, it is still using my local db connection string. I have completely removed the old connection string from my web.config file and am using the <clear /> tag before creating the new connection string. I have also cleaned the solution and rebuilt, but somehow it is still connecting to the old db. What am I missing?

This is the new connection string:

  <connectionStrings>
    <clear />
    <add name="CellularAutomataDBContext"
         connectionString=" Server=XXX;
         Database=CellularAutomata; User ID=XXX; Password=XXX; Trusted_Connection=False" 
         providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />  
  </connectionStrings>

UPDATE

When I debug and look at the D开发者_Go百科BCONTEXT object, this is what is showing up for its connection:

Data Source=.\\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=CellularAutomata.Models.D1K2N3CARuleDBContext;Integrated Security=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=True"

I am unsure why this is happening because I cannot find it being set to this anywhere. Also, under configuration it says LazyLoadingEnabled = true, I assume this may be part of the problem, maybe it is not loading the new connection string. Where do I change these parameters?

UPDATE 2

EFCodeFirst is using a default connection string, I can't figure out how to get it to accept the connection string that I specify in the web.config file.

So, When using EF CodeFirst, there is a default connection string that it uses. If you want to be able to use a custom connection string, there are a few parameters guidelines that you must follow.

name ="this must match the name of your database context class"
connectionString="Server=yourserverurl; Database=yourdatabasename; User ID=youruserid; 
Password=yourpassword; Initial Catalog=the name of the database to use;
Trusted_Connection=False"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"

So far this is working for me.

The connectionString you show is not an EF connection string. The EF won't use it. So you're changing the wrong thing.

An EF connectionString will include providerName="System.Data.EntityClient"

It will look for the same name as your context and depending on what else you are using other names as well. I usually use the following for controlling specific features with either the same or specific connection strings (I keep app services in a different db for example so EFCF can drop tables as needed):

<connectionStrings>
  <add name="MyAppContext" .../>
  <add name="ApplicationServices" .../>
  <add name="DefaultConnection" .../>
</connectionStrings>