Visual studio package manager console switch

VISUAL STUDIO PACKAGE MANAGER CONSOLE SWITCH INSTALL
VISUAL STUDIO PACKAGE MANAGER CONSOLE SWITCH CODE

For more information, see about_CommonParameters. This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. This is an advanced option that should only be needed if the solution contains several projects such that the assemblies needed for the context and configuration are not all referenced from either the project containing the context or the project containing the migrations.

VISUAL STUDIO PACKAGE MANAGER CONSOLE SWITCH CODE

Specifies the directory to use for the app-domain that is used for running Migrations code such that the app-domain is able to find all required assemblies. Use this parameter instead of ContextProjectName when the context is contained in a referenced assembly rather than in a project of the solution. Specifies the name of the assembly which contains the DbContext class to use. Specifies that the migrations configuration be overwritten when running moreВ than once for given project. Specifies the provider invariant name of the connection string. If omitted, the contextвЂ™s default connection will be used. Specifies the the connection string to use. Specifies the name of a connection string to use from the applicationвЂ™s configuration file. If omitted, the context is assumed to be in the same project used for migrations. Specifies the project which contains the DbContext class to use. If omitted, the specified projectвЂ™s configuration file is used. Specifies the configuration file to use for named connection strings. If omitted, the default project selected in package managerВ console is used. Specifies the project that the scaffolded migrations configuration class willВ be added to. If omitted, the directory will be named вЂњMigrationsвЂќ. Specifies the name of the directory that will contain migrations code files. Specifies whether automatic migrations will be enabled in the scaffolded migrations configuration.В If ommitted, automatic migrations will be disabled. If omitted, migrations will attempt to locate a single context type in the target project. If the target database was created by an initializer, an initial migration will be created (unless automatic migrations are enabled via the EnableAutomaticMigrations parameter). DescriptionД®nables Migrations by scaffolding a migrations configuration class in the project. ConnectionProviderName Д®nable-Migrations SyntaxД®nable-Migrations Д®nable-Migrations -ConnectionString Enable-MigrationsД®nables Code First Migrations in a project. IвЂ™ve added line breaks to avoid horizontal scrollbars. Please note that all commands should be entered on the same line. My own comments are placed under the Additional Information heading.

IвЂ™ve also added some own comments where I think some information is missing. The information here is the output of running get-helpВ command-nameВ -detailed for each of the commands in the package manager console (running EF 4.3.1 6.1.1).

Initialize-EFConfiguration: Initializes the Entity Framework section in the project config file and sets defaults.

Add-EFDefaultConnectionFactory: Adds or updates an Entity Framework default connection factory in the project config file.

Add-EFProvider: Adds or updates an Entity Framework provider entry in the project config file.

These commands are not usually used as part of normal application development.

VISUAL STUDIO PACKAGE MANAGER CONSOLE SWITCH INSTALL

There are also three extra commands that are used by NuGet packages that install Entity Framework providers. This post was updated with Entity Framework 6.1.1

Get-Migrations:В Displays the migrations that have been applied to the target database.

Update-Database:В Applies any pending migrations to the database.

Add-Migration:В Scaffolds a migration script for any pending model changes.

Enable-Migrations:В Enables Code First Migrations in a project.

The usage is shown in various tutorials, but I havenвЂ™t found a complete list of the commands available and their usage, so I created my own.

EF Code First Navigation Properties and Foreign KeysД®ntity Framework Migrations are handled from the package manager console in Visual Studio.

Prevent EF Migrations from Creating or Changing the Database.

Using Entity Framework to Create a Database.

Visual studio package manager console switch