How to get only specific tables to create models from database with Entity Framework Core in C#

Question

I'm using Scaffold-DbContext to create models from an existing database, but it auto pluralizes the table names and I don't want that. It also gets all the tables but I need only a couple of them.

Is there a way to disable pluralization and select only some specific tables with that command?

Answer 1

If you have a look at the official documentation - you'd see:

Scaffold-DbContext

Parameters

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• Tables <String[]> - The tables to generate entity types for. If this parameter is omitted, all tables are included.

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• NoPluralize - Don't use the pluralizer. Added in EF Core 5.0.

So yes - both of your requests can be handled with parameters to Scaffold-DbContext - just consult the docs!

Answer 2

Use

Scaffold-DbContext "[connection string here from database properties]" Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer -OutputDir [path where your context should be created] -Tables ["tablename1","tablename2"] -NoPluralize

You can read this documentation for more information but this should get the job done.