When is the Seed method called in a EF code first migrations scenario?

Question

I\'m new in a project and there is this class for the seed data:

 internal sealed class Configuration : DbMigrationsConfiguration
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Answer 1

Seed method is used to initialized the database tables with some starting data. Whenever you run the migration and update the database it will run the seed method. Mostly it is used during the testing phase where you often need to recreate the database and populate database tables with sample data. Please go through this link http://blog.oneunicorn.com/2013/05/28/database-initializer-and-migrations-seed-methods/ for more explaination on code first.