I'm getting started with EF Core 2.0,
I have a console application targetting .NET 4.6.1
I have a very simple model class, and this context:
public class ContextCore : DbContext
{
protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
{
optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["efCoreCon"].ConnectionString);
}
public DbSet<ModelC> Models { get; set; }
}
this is the connection string:
<add name="efCoreCon" connectionString="server=PC-MSHWF\SQLEXPRESS;database=efCoreDB;integrated security=true;" />
I noticed that there's no command for Enable-Migrations
in ef core from the official docs
so I run Add-migration firstMigration
but I got this error:
No migrations configuration type was found in the assembly
'NewConsole'. (In Visual Studio you can use the Enable-Migrations
command from Package Manager Console to add a migrations
configuration).
when I tried Enable-Migrations , I got this error:
No context type was found in the assembly 'NewConsole'.
Go to the Package Manager Console and install the needed tools with Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools
. When it has completed try to use the command EntityFrameworkCore\Add-Migration firstMigration
.
in powershell CLI type this --> dotnet ef migrations add InitialMigration
This enables the migration.
This will install the correct core tools
// Package Manger
PM> Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools -Version 2.0.1
// or this will work inside the CLI Console
dotnet add package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools --version 2.0.1
Fixing your bug issue:
Look at this SO answer: "You should just need to update the tools section of your project.json file to include this:"
"Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools": {
"version": "2.0.1", // I corrected this from previous answer for your version
"imports": [
"portable-net45+win8+dnxcore50",
"portable-net45+win8"
]
}
Bonus :) To run migrations automatically... in startup.cs of your main application.
// setup the HTTP request pipeline to check and migrate.
public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
{
try
{
using (var migrationSvcScope = app.ApplicationServices.GetRequiredService<IServiceScopeFactory>()
.CreateScope())
{
migrationSvcScope.ServiceProvider.GetService<EFMigrationsMyDBContext>().Database.Migrate();
// you can also add the data here... let me know if you need I will post it
}
}
... // Rest of the startup stuff
}
Edit your .csproj where you have EF Core 2.0 and add:
<ItemGroup>
<DotNetCliToolReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools.DotNet" Version="2.0.0" />
</ItemGroup>
- Open Windows PowerShell
- Go to directory where you have EF Core 2.0
- Type
dotnet ef migrations add <<migration's_name>>
. For instance: dotnet ef migrations add Init
. If your startup project is in different folder then you can use --startup-project ../<<other_project_folder>>
Starting .NET Core 2 using C# 7.1, you can have an asynchronous Main
method to your app, so you can call all initialization logic before you run the host, right after it has finished building:
public class Program
{
public static async Task Main(string[] args)
{
//first build
var host = CreateHostBuilder(args).Build();
//initialize
using (var serviceScope = host.Services.CreateScope())
{
var serviceProvider = serviceScope.ServiceProvider;
var isDevelopment =
serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IWebHostEnvironment>().IsDevelopment();
using var context = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<AppDbContext>();
if (isDevelopment)
await context.Database.EnsureCreatedAsync();
else
await context.Database.MigrateAsync();
if (isDevelopment)
{
using var userManager =
serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<UserManager<AppUser>>();
await userManager
.CreateAsync(new AppUser { UserName = "dummy", Email = "dummy@dumail.com" },
password: "1234");
}
}
//now run
host.Run();
}
public static IHostBuilder CreateHostBuilder(string[] args) =>
Host.CreateDefaultBuilder(args)
.ConfigureWebHostDefaults(webBuilder =>
{
webBuilder.UseStartup<Startup>();
});
}