I'm using ASP.NET Core v3.1. I have a migration folder as shown below. Now I've lost my database.
How can I apply all migrations to new database?
Running the command update-database doesn't work.
please make sure your database engine is available.
and next step make sure your context and your startup class and program class configured.
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I think that ef migrations must be tested.
As for me integration testing will be best solution.
Current solution is to apply migrations to in memory database, but problem is that i want to run down scripts of migration also.
Do yoy know how to apply migrations using c# code?
Get your context and call
context.Database.Migrate();
In the Startup.cs Configure method, we run migrations like this (in .Net core 2.0):
using (var serviceScope = app.ApplicationServices.GetRequiredService<IServiceScopeFactory>().CreateScope())
{
serviceScope.ServiceProvider.GetService<DataContext>().Database.Migrate();
}
I am not sure how you can test this. Possibly backup and restore the live database to a test one, then setup your DataContext to point to the test and run the migration there?
As per https://stackoverflow.com/a/38416891/2875452. I was able to find out how to migrate to a specific migration using ef core in c# code.
context.Database.EnsureDeleted(); // ensure db is deleted on starting
context.Database.Migrate(); // run migrations
context.GetService<IMigrator>().Migrate("0"); // 0 this will rollback all migrations, you can pass in the specific migration name here to go up or down to that migration
Using command line
dotnet ef database update 0
I'm working on an ASP.NET 5 app that uses Entity Framework 7 with migrations to alter the application's Microsoft Sql Server database.
I'm running into a few issues when I reach the migrations step, and I would like clarification on what the Entity Framework commands migrations add and database update do.
It's my understanding that
> dnx ef migrations add Initial
creates a C# file ending in the name Initial in a folder named Migrations containing code that will create tables based on the application model classes, and
> dnx ef database update
executes the code that will add those changes to the database. However, after the migrations add command, the database has already been created, and the console gives an error when I run the database update command, saying that the tables already exist.
From what I've read on different tutorials, it seems like migrations add shouldn't actually affect the database, and the changes would take place when you run database update, but it doesn't look like that's the case.
Can someone explain what each of these steps are doing and how they fit together? Thanks in advance!
dnx ef migrations add shouldn't create the database. I suspect DbContext.Database.EnsureCreated() is being called somewhere in your application code giving it this effect.
In my application I enable Code First Migrations with some migrations, Also I use SQL Server Compact for integration test.
When I run my tests, Entity Framework create an empty database and tries to run migration on that empty database and thrown The specified table does not exist.
Based on this report I think usage of Migration in Entity Framework 6 has changed.
I test all Database Initializer with Context.Database.Create(); but in all case tabale's never created.
I don't know that this is EntityFramework's bug or not, but when I made rename the namespace of Migration Configuration class from default (Projectname/Migrations) to any none default name, migration works well.
Context.Database.Create() will not execute migrations! It only creates empty db. To Update database from code to latest version you need to use DbMigrator.Update method:
var migrator = new DbMigrator(new MyMigrationsConfiguration());
migrator.Update();
Alternatively you might use MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion
Database.SetInitializer(new MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion<BlogContext, Configuration>());
It is described in details here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/jj591621.aspx#initializer
In case someone still struggles to fix the issue.
The code that follows works for me: add-migration MyFirstMigration
Meanwhile add-migration "MyFirstMigration" with the migration name ramped in quote doesn't work.
There may be previous migration files which the ide may be referring to mostly likely due to caching.
Drop backup and drop target database if it exists, and drop the migration folder.
Now add the migration and you will be good to go.
It does happens when adding model and running add-migration command.
Here is the simplest cause of this issue:
Add a newly added model property into IdentityDbContex class.
Here are the steps:
create model
add property into IdentityDbContex class
run add-migration
update-database
I am following the offical asp.net "Getting started with EF 5 using MVC 4". In that tutorial, the database is created when the migrations are performed(in my understanding). When I was looking at the EF 5 with Mvc 5 tutorial they didn't use migrations to create a database. They use database initializer. So, I was wondering could create a database for your project without using migrations in EF 5? Also, what would the difference be with both these approaches?
Code first Migrations and using Package Manager Console Commands to do upgrades can get a bit confusing at first.
You can use the initializer to CreateDatabaseIfNotExists , DropCreateIfModelChanges, DropCreateDatabaseAlways and to MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion
See the interface IDatabaseInitializer<TContext>.
CreateDatabaseIfNotExists // is the Default initializer.
So this is why it appears EF just does things for you sometimes.
So the answer is "YES you can "Create a Database without Migrations"
But the difference is not obvious and if you would do that long term is another question.
If you are using migrations. It would Update the Db to match the code first model.
If there is NO database, then that means creating the database.
So Thats why Automated migrations and CreateDB look confusing since they can result in same outcome sometimes. But technically they are different.
So generally it is sufficient to use code first automatic "migrations" only.
Migrations can be either Automatic or "managed".
The managed migrations approach invovles generating code , tweaking the code and running PM commandlet or POwershell command to actually perform the migration.
With Automated migrations you just need set the intitializer and Access the DBContext.
There are 2 parts to the process.
a) The DB Initializer step.
do this immediately before instantiating YourDBContext.
//eg
// DONT TOUCH MY DB or i break your back!
Database.SetInitializer(new ContextInitializerNone<YourDbContext>()); // Do Nothing,
// OR
// yes migrate my db to match my code please.
Database.SetInitializer(new MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion<YourDbContext, YourMigrationConfiguration>()); // Set to migration is requested, see config class below
The Confirguration class specified when using Migration initializer looks like this
public class YourMigrationConfiguration<TContext> : DbMigrationsConfiguration<TContext>
where TContext : DbContext{
protected YourMigrationConfiguration() {
AutomaticMigrationsEnabled = true; // run it when needed. Do not wait for my PM Command
AutomaticMigrationDataLossAllowed = true; // if the new db look means dropping tables or columns go ahead and kill my data. So use this option with caution.
}
then just trigger the migration in code when required.
Context.Database.Initialize(true); // i place this inside a method on my UoW class
Code first Db initialization strategies.
Code first migrations recommended reading
Managed Migrations
There are many articles on the web on this topic.
I am using EF Code First with EF 5 in VS 2012. I use PM update-database command and I have a simple seed method to fill some tables with sample data.
I would like to delete and recreate my x.mdb. The update history seems to be out of sync. If I comment out all my DBSets in my context, update-database runs with no error but leaves some tables in the DB. As I have no valuable data in the DB it seems to the simplest to reset the all thing.
How can I accomplish this?
If I'm understanding it right...
If you want to start clean:
1) Manually delete your DB - wherever it is (I'm assuming you have your connection sorted), or empty it, but easier/safer is to delete it all together - as there is system __MigrationHistory table - you need that removed too.
2) Remove all migration files - which are under Migrations - and named like numbers etc. - remove them all,
3) Rebuild your project containing migrations (and the rest) - and make sure your project is set up (configuration) to build automatically (that sometimes may cause problems - but not likely for you),
4) Run Add-Migration Initial again - then Update-Database
If you worked the correct way to create your migrations by using the command Add-Migration "Name_Of_Migration" then you can do the following to get a clean start (reset, with loss of data, of course):
Update-database -TargetMigration:0
Normally your DB is empty now since the down methods were executed.
Update-database
This will recreate your DB to your current migration
For EntityFrameworkCore you can use the following:
Update-Database -Migration 0
This will remove all migrations from the database.
Then you can use:
Remove-Migration
To remove your migration.
Finally you can recreate your migration and apply it to the database.
Add-Migration Initialize
Update-Database
Tested on EFCore v2.1.0
Similarly for the dotnet ef CLI tool:
dotnet ef database update 0 [ --context dbcontextname ]
dotnet ef migrations add Initialize
dotnet ef database update
Single Liner to Drop, Create and Seed from Package Manager Console:
update-database -TargetMigration:0 | update-database -force
Kaboom.
How about ..
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Database.SetInitializer(new DropCreateDatabaseIfModelChanges<ExampleContext>());
// C
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// i
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}
I picked this up from Programming Entity Framework: Code First, Pg 28 First Edition.
dbctx.Database.EnsureDeleted();
dbctx.Database.EnsureCreated();
I am using .net Core 6 and this code is directly stripped out of the Program.cs
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
namespace RandomProjectName
{
public class Program
{
public static async Task<int> Main(string[] args)
{
var connectionString = "Server=YourServerName;Database=YourDatabaseName;Integrated Security=True;";
var optionsBuilder = new DbContextOptionsBuilder<YourDataContext>();
optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer(connectionString);
var db = new YourDataContext(optionsBuilder.Options);
db.Database.EnsureDeleted();
db.Database.Migrate();
}
}
}
You should have at minimum initial migration for this to work.
There re many ways to drop a database or update existing database, simply you can switched to previous migrations.
dotnet ef database update previousMigraionName
But some databases have limitations like not allow to modify after create relationships, means you have not allow privileges to drop columns from ef core database providers but most of time in ef core drop database is allowed.so you can drop DB using drop command
and then you use previous migration again.
dotnet ef database drop
PMC command
PM> drop-database
OR you can do manually deleting database and do a migration.
If you created your database following this tutorial: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-au/data/jj193542.aspx
... then this might work:
Delete all .mdf and .ldf files in your project directory
Go to View / SQL Server Object Explorer and delete the database from the (localdb)\v11.0 subnode. See also https://stackoverflow.com/a/15832184/2279059
Using EF6 with ASP.Net Core 5 I found these commands handy during first initialization of the database:
Remove-Migration -force; Add-Migration InitialMigration; Update-Database;
It removes the last migration (should be the only one), creates it again, then refreshes the database. You can thus type these three commands in one line into the Package Management Console after editing your DbContext and it'll update InitialMigration and database.
A little annoying is that it'll compile your project three times in a row but a least no further manual steps (like deleting the migration files) are necessary.
When you remove an entity you'll need to issue Remove-Database before updating. So the line becomes:
Remove-Migration -force; Add-Migration InitialMigration; Remove-Database; Update-Database;
Problematic here: You need to confirm removing the database + 4 rebuilds.
Take these steps:
Delete those object which should be deleted from the context // Dbset<Item> Items{get;set;}
and in Nuget Console run these commands
add-migration [contextName]
update-database -verbose
It will drop table(s) that not exist in Context, but already created in database
Let me help in updating the answers here since new users will find it useful.
I believe the aim is to delete the database itself and recreate it using EF Code First approach.
1.Open your project in Visual Studio using the ".sln" extention.
2.Select Server Explorer( it is oftentimes on the left)
3.Select SQL Server Object Explorer.
4.The database you want to delete would be listed under any of the localDB. Right-Click it and select delete.
Since this question is gonna be clicked some day by new EF Core users and I find the top answers somewhat unnecessarily destructive, I will show you a way to start "fresh". Beware, this deletes all of your data.
Delete all tables on your MS SQL server. Also delete the __EFMigrations table.
Type dotnet ef database update
EF Core will now recreate the database from zero up until your latest migration.