I have reverse-engineered the existing database to the code-first model. Some tables are to be kept but most are to be removed and completely re-architected for the new version.
I delete some old classes and their mapping and add-migration.
The migration looks like this:
public override void Up()
{
DropForeignKey("dbo.Bingo_Review", "BingoID", "dbo.Bingo");
DropForeignKey("dbo.Bingo_Review_Text", "BingoReviewID", "dbo.Bingo_Review");
DropForeignKey("dbo.Bingo_Bonus", "BingoID", "dbo.Bingo");
DropForeignKey("dbo.Bingo_Bonus_Amount", "BingoBonusID", "dbo.Bingo_Bonus");
DropIndex("dbo.Bingo_Bonus", new[] { "BingoID" });
DropIndex("dbo.Bingo_Review", new[] { "BingoID" });
DropIndex("dbo.Bingo_Review_Text", new[] { "BingoReviewID" });
DropIndex("dbo.Bingo_Bonus_Amount", new[] { "BingoBonusID" });
DropTable("dbo.Bingo_Bonus");
DropTable("dbo.Bingo");
DropTable("dbo.Bingo_Review");
DropTable("dbo.Bingo_Review_Text");
DropTable("dbo.Bingo_Bonus_Amount");
DropTable("dbo.Bingo_Bonus_Type");
}
However when I run the migration, I get the following error in package manager console.
Could not drop object 'dbo.Bingo_Bonus' because it is referenced by a FOREIGN KEY constraint.
Why do I get this error when the migration should have already dropped any foreign keys prior to the drop table command? Is there any way around this?
If the dbo.Bingo_Bonus
table name has ever changed, or if any of the columns in the foreign key relationships have changed, EF does not rename the foreign key constraints automatically to match. I had a similar problem and I had to manually add a line like this because the DropForeignKey()
function was not actually deleting the key it was supposed to:
Sql(@"ALTER TABLE [dbo].[MyTable] DROP CONSTRAINT [FK_dbo.Constraint_Name_From_Before_Table_Change]");
You cannot drop Bingo_Bonus
table, because it still has references to Bingo_Bonus_Amount
and Bingo_Bonus_Type
tables, changing the order in the Up() method will solve the problem
by putting :
DropTable("dbo.Bingo_Bonus_Amount");
DropTable("dbo.Bingo_Bonus_Type");
before:
DropTable("dbo.Bingo_Bonus");
Your code will be:
public override void Up()
{
DropForeignKey("dbo.Bingo_Review", "BingoID", "dbo.Bingo");
DropForeignKey("dbo.Bingo_Review_Text", "BingoReviewID", "dbo.Bingo_Review");
DropForeignKey("dbo.Bingo_Bonus", "BingoID", "dbo.Bingo");
DropForeignKey("dbo.Bingo_Bonus_Amount", "BingoBonusID", "dbo.Bingo_Bonus");
DropIndex("dbo.Bingo_Bonus", new[] { "BingoID" });
DropIndex("dbo.Bingo_Review", new[] { "BingoID" });
DropIndex("dbo.Bingo_Review_Text", new[] { "BingoReviewID" });
DropIndex("dbo.Bingo_Bonus_Amount", new[] { "BingoBonusID" });
DropTable("dbo.Bingo_Bonus_Amount");
DropTable("dbo.Bingo_Bonus_Type");
DropTable("dbo.Bingo_Bonus");
DropTable("dbo.Bingo");
DropTable("dbo.Bingo_Review");
DropTable("dbo.Bingo_Review_Text");
}
I was able to drop using GUI. When tried to run the query with alter , the '.' symbol was having some error displayed
Use the DropForeignKey()
override that takes the name of the Foreign Key.
DropForeignKey("dbo.BingoReview","dbo.FK_Constraint_Name");
And like the other responses mention, if the table has been changed, you can use the original name.
DropForeignKey("dbo.BingoReview","dbo.FK_Constraint_Name_From_Before_Table_Change");
Thanks @akl22 for providing this in a comment.