Entity Framework The ALTER TABLE statement conflicted with the FOREIGN KEY constraint

Question

On updating database in Entity Framework , Code first Migration, I am getting this error:

The ALTER TABLE statement conflicted with the FOREIGN KEY constr

Answer 1

I had this issue as well with defaultValue set, gave:

"The object is dependent on column ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN failed because one or more objects access this column".

Ended up move the AddForeignKey/DropForeignKey to a new migration and ran them in separate update-database commands (dont excecute both migrations in one command then it failed for me.)

    public override void Up()
    {
        CreateTable(
            "dbo.DecisionAccesses",
            c => new
            {
                Id = c.Int(nullable: false),
                Name = c.String(nullable: false, maxLength: 50),
            })
            .PrimaryKey(t => t.Id);

        CreateTable(
            "dbo.DecisionPersonStatus",
            c => new
            {
                Id = c.Int(nullable: false),
                Name = c.String(nullable: false, maxLength: 50),
            })
            .PrimaryKey(t => t.Id);

        AddColumn("dbo.DecisionForm_DecisionFields", "DecisionAccessId", c => c.Int(nullable: false, defaultValue: (int)DecisionAccess.Creator));
        AddColumn("dbo.DecisionMatterPersons", "DecisionPersonStatusId", c => c.Int(nullable: false, defaultValue: (int)DecisionAccess.Creator));
        CreateIndex("dbo.DecisionForm_DecisionFields", "DecisionAccessId");
        CreateIndex("dbo.DecisionMatterPersons", "DecisionPersonStatusId");
        //I moved outcommented to next migration and ran the migrations in separate steps to avoid: (The object is dependent on column ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN failed because one or more objects access this column)
        //AddForeignKey("dbo.DecisionForm_DecisionFields", "DecisionAccessId", "dbo.DecisionAccesses", "Id", cascadeDelete: true); 
        //AddForeignKey("dbo.DecisionMatterPersons", "DecisionPersonStatusId", "dbo.DecisionPersonStatus", "Id", cascadeDelete: true);
    }


    public override void Down()
    {
        //Moved to next migration
        //DropForeignKey("dbo.DecisionMatterPersons", "DecisionPersonStatusId", "dbo.DecisionPersonStatus");
        //DropForeignKey("dbo.DecisionForm_DecisionFields", "DecisionAccessId", "dbo.DecisionAccesses");
    }