The model backing the 'ApplicationDbContext

Question

First of all I have not seen this error anywhere else and I guess its not a replicate so please read the whole situation first.

Every thing was working just fine then I tried to update one of my model classes ( the App class and the update is now left commented ) which I will be listing below and boom I had this ugly error.

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The model backing the 'ApplicationDbContext' context has changed since the database was created. Consider using Code First Migrations to update the database (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=238269). at System.Data.Entity.CreateDatabaseIfNotExists1.InitializeDatabase(TContext context) at System.Data.Entity.Internal.InternalContext.<>c__DisplayClassf1.b__e() at System.Data.Entity.Internal.InternalContext.PerformInitializationAction(Action action) at System.Data.Entity.Internal.InternalContext.PerformDatabaseInitialization() at System.Data.Entity.Internal.LazyInternalContext.b__4(InternalContext c) at System.Data.Entity.Internal.RetryAction1.PerformAction(TInput input) at System.Data.Entity.Internal.LazyInternalContext.InitializeDatabaseAction(Action1 action) at System.Data.Entity.Internal.LazyInternalContext.InitializeDatabase() at System.Data.Entity.Internal.InternalContext.GetEntitySetAndBaseTypeForType(Type entityType) at System.Data.Entity.Internal.Linq.InternalSet1.Initialize() at System.Data.Entity.Internal.Linq.InternalSet1.Include(String path) at System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.DbQuery1.Include(String path) at System.Data.Entity.QueryableExtensions.Include[T](IQueryable1 source, String path) at System.Data.Entity.QueryableExtensions.Include[T,TProperty](IQueryable1 source, Expression1 path) at Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework.UserStore6.GetUserAggregateAsync(Expression1 filter) at Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework.UserStore6.FindByNameAsync(String userName) at Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.UserManager2.FindByNameAsync(String userName) at Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.UserManager`2.d__12.MoveNext() --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown --- at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task) at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task) at ControlPanel.Web.Controllers.AccountController.d__2.MoveNext() in d:\Projects\FULL\Control Panel\ControlPanel.Web\Controllers\AccountController.cs:line 56

At first I thought it might be a migrations problem, so I dropped the database entirely, re-enabled the migrations, and added an Init migration and updated the database using

update-database -force -verbose

Every thing goes well no complaints, however whenever I try to log in to my site I get the previous error. I did the migration thing about ten times without being able to solve the problem.

Here are my domain classes ( models ):

public class App
{
    [Key]
    [DatabaseGenerated(DatabaseGeneratedOption.Identity)]
    public virtual int AppId { get; set; }
    //[Required]
    public virtual string FacebookId { get; set; }
    //[Required]
    public virtual string Secret { get; set; }      
    public virtual List<User> Users { get; set; }
    public virtual List<Post> Posts { get; set; }      
    //public virtual ApplicationUser Admin { get; set; }
}

public class Post
{
    [Key]
    [DatabaseGenerated(DatabaseGeneratedOption.Identity)]
    public virtual int PostId { get; set; }
    public virtual string Content { get; set; }
    public virtual string Link { get; set; }
    public virtual string Image { get; set; }
    public virtual bool IsSpecial { get; set; }
    //[Required]
    public virtual App App { get; set; }
    //[Required]
    public virtual DateTime? PublishDate { get; set; }
}

public class User
{
    [Key]
    [DatabaseGenerated(DatabaseGeneratedOption.Identity)]
    public virtual int UserId { get; set; }

    [MaxLength(500)]
    public virtual string FacebookId { get; set; }

    [MaxLength(500)]
    public virtual string Token { get; set; }

    //[Required]
    public virtual App App { get; set; }
}

Here are my IdentityModels:

public class ApplicationUser : IdentityUser
{
    public virtual List<App> Apps { get; set; }
    public bool? IsPremium { get; set; }
    [DataType(DataType.Date)]
    public DateTime? LastPublishDateTime { get; set; }
}

public class ApplicationDbContext : IdentityDbContext<ApplicationUser>
{
    public ApplicationDbContext()
        : base("dCon")
    {
    }
    protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
    {
        base.OnModelCreating(modelBuilder);
        modelBuilder.Entity<IdentityUser>().ToTable("Admins");
        modelBuilder.Entity<ApplicationUser>().ToTable("Admins");
        modelBuilder.Entity<IdentityUserRole>().ToTable("AdminRoles");
        modelBuilder.Entity<IdentityUserLogin>().ToTable("Logins");
        modelBuilder.Entity<IdentityUserClaim>().ToTable("Claims");
        modelBuilder.Entity<IdentityRole>().ToTable("Roles");
    }
}

Answer 1

This worked for me - no other changes required.

DELETE FROM [dbo].[__MigrationHistory]

Answer 2

Below was the similar kind of error i encountered

The model backing the 'PsnlContext' context has changed since the database was created. Consider using Code First Migrations to update the database (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=238269).

I added the below section in the Application Start event of the Global.asax to solve the error

Database.SetInitializer (null);

This fixed the issue

Answer 3

Add below line inside "Application_Start" in "Global.asax.cs"

Database.SetInitializer<YourDbContext>(new DropCreateDatabaseIfModelChanges<YourDbContext>());

Answer 4

It was such a strange error,, It wasn't my error at the end, it was Microsoft's,, I installed the Entity framework the " pre-release" version and it was responsible for this error,, when i upgraded to the stable release it disapperared,, thank you everyone believe me when i asked this question i searched like for a week or so for its solution so i am pretty sure that this problem isn't anywhere else : the version of entity framework.dll that caused the problem was 6.0.2 if it helps.

Answer 5

This post fixed my issue. It's all about adding the following line in Application_Start() in Global.asax :

Database.SetInitializer<Models.YourDbContext>(null);

However it cause database recreation for every edit in your model and you may loose your data.

Answer 6

This can happen when you change the data annotation of a model property. for example: adding [Required] to a property will cause a pending change in the database design.

The safest solution is to run on the Package Manager Console:

add-migration myMirgrationName

which will display the exact changes in the Up() method. Therefore, you can decide if you really want to apply such changes via the:

update-database

Otherwise, you may just delete the latest migration from the __MigrationHistory table and from the Migrations folder the Solution Explorer.