Entity Framework Migrations - Enable AutoMigrations along with added migration

Question

I\'m utilizing Entity Framework 4.3 Migrations in my project. I would like to use Automatic migrations so that when I make modifications to my domain objects and my context cla

Answer 1

After banging my head on this for several hours, I finally came up with a solution that creates the database if necessary or upgrades it if out of date. We use this technique in Gallery Server Pro to make it easy to install the first time or upgrade previous versions.

private static void InitializeDataStore()
{
  System.Data.Entity.Database.SetInitializer(new System.Data.Entity.MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion());

  var configuration = new GalleryDbMigrationConfiguration();
  var migrator = new System.Data.Entity.Migrations.DbMigrator(configuration);
  if (migrator.GetPendingMigrations().Any())
  {
    migrator.Update();
  }
}

public sealed class GalleryDbMigrationConfiguration : DbMigrationsConfiguration
{
  protected override void Seed(GalleryDb ctx)
  {
    MigrateController.ApplyDbUpdates();
  }
}

I wrote up a blog post with a few more details: Using Entity Framework Code First Migrations to auto-create and auto-update an application