使用已经准备好的迁移ASP.NET MVC创建数据库

Question

I have a ASP.NET MVC 5 project from GitHub, but there is nothing in App_Data . I have all models, migrations etc... I'm sure that everything works. I'd like to create database to use this project. How can I create it?

Answer 1

There is a PowerShell command that comes with Entity Framework Code First which updates the database based on the migrations in the project:

Update-Database will apply any pending migrations to the database

You can run this easily from within Visual Studio using the Package Manager Console ( Tools –> Library Package Manager –> Package Manager Console ). Make sure to select the project that contains the DbContext class as Startup Project in Solution Explorer as well as Default Project in Package Manager Console, before running the Update-Database command. Also ensure you have defined a connection string for a local database that the command will update.

For more details follow the instructions in documentation .