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D:\Prog\1395\Core1RtmEmptyTest\src\Core1RtmEmptyTest>dotnet ef
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Entity Framework .NET Core CLI Commands 1.0.0-preview2-21431
Usage: dotnet ef [options] [command]
Options:
  -h|--help                      Show help information
  -v|--verbose                   Enable verbose output
  --version                      Show version information
  --assembly <ASSEMBLY>          The assembly file to load.
  --startup-assembly <ASSEMBLY>  The assembly file containing the startup class.
  --data-dir <DIR>               The folder used as the data directory (defaults to current working directory).
  --project-dir <DIR>            The folder used as the project directory (defaults to current working directory).
  --content-root-path <DIR>      The folder used as the content root path for the application (defaults to application base directory).
  --root-namespace <NAMESPACE>   The root namespace of the target project (defaults to the project assembly name).
Commands:
  database    Commands to manage your database
  dbcontext   Commands to manage your DbContext types
  migrations  Commands to manage your migrations
Use "dotnet ef [command] --help" for more information about a command.

 D:\Prog\1395\Core1RtmEmptyTest\src\Core1RtmEmptyTest>dotnet ef migrations add InitialDatabase

 D:\Prog\1395\Core1RtmEmptyTest\src\Core1RtmEmptyTest>dotnet ef database update
Applying migration '13950526050417_InitialDatabase'.
Done.

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Migrations
{
    public static class ApplicationDbContextSeedData
    {
        public static void SeedData(this IServiceScopeFactory scopeFactory)
        {
            using (var serviceScope = scopeFactory.CreateScope())
            {
                var context = serviceScope.ServiceProvider.GetService<ApplicationDbContext>();
                if (!context.Persons.Any())
                {
                    var persons = new List<Person>
                    {
                        new Person
                        {
                            FirstName = "Admin",
                            LastName = "User"
                        }
                    };
                    context.AddRange(persons);
                    context.SaveChanges();
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

public void Configure(IServiceScopeFactory scopeFactory)
{
    scopeFactory.SeedData();

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
   services.AddDbContext<ApplicationDbContext>(ServiceLifetime.Scoped);

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities
{
    public class Person
    {
        public int PersonId { get; set; }
        public string FirstName { get; set; }
        public string LastName { get; set; }

        public int Age { get; set; }
    }
}

 An unhandled exception occurred while processing the request.
SqlException: Invalid column name 'Age'.

D:\Prog\1395\Core1RtmEmptyTest\src\Core1RtmEmptyTest>dotnet ef migrations add v2
D:\Prog\1395\Core1RtmEmptyTest\src\Core1RtmEmptyTest>dotnet ef database update

 D:\Prog\1395\Core1RtmEmptyTest\src\Core1RtmEmptyTest>dotnet ef migrations script -o v2.sql

public Configuration()
{
   AutomaticMigrationsEnabled = true;
}

using Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Migrations
{
    public static class DbInitialization
    {
        public static void Initialize(this IServiceScopeFactory scopeFactory)
        {
            using (var serviceScope = scopeFactory.CreateScope())
            {
                var context = serviceScope.ServiceProvider.GetService<ApplicationDbContext>();
                // Applies any pending migrations for the context to the database.
                // Will create the database if it does not already exist.
                context.Database.Migrate();
            }
        }
    }
}

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> mkdir EfCoreDbToModel

> cd EfCoreDbToModel

> dotnet new console

> dotnet add package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer
> dotnet add package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools
> dotnet add package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer.Design

 < DotNetCliToolReference Include= " Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools.DotNet " Version= " 2.0.0 " />

> dotnet restore

> dotnet ef -h

>dotnet ef dbcontext scaffold "Server=.;Database=Your_DB;Trusted_Connection=True;" Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer -o Model

> dotnet ef dbcontext scaffold "Server=.\;Database=Your_Db_name;Trusted_Connection=True;" Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer -o Model -context "MyDbContext"

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PM> Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer
PM> Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools -Pre
PM> Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer.Design

{
    "dependencies": {
       // same as before
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer": "1.0.0",
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools": "1.0.0-preview2-final",
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer.Design": "1.0.0"
    }
}

{
    "dependencies": {
       // same as before
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer": "1.0.0",
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools": {
            "version": "1.0.0-preview2-final",
            "type": "build"
        },
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer.Design": {
            "version": "1.0.0",
            "type": "build"
        }
    },

    "tools": {
       // same as before
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools": {
            "version": "1.0.0-preview2-final",
            "imports": [
                "portable-net45+win8"
            ]
        }   
   }
}

{
    "dependencies": {
       // same as before
        "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.EntityFrameworkCore": "1.0.0"
    }
}

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
{
   if (env.IsDevelopment())
   {
      app.UseDatabaseErrorPage();
   }

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities
{
    public class Person
    {
        public int PersonId { get; set; }
        public string FirstName { get; set; }
        public string LastName { get; set; }
    }
}

using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities
{
    public class ApplicationDbContext : DbContext
    {
        public ApplicationDbContext(DbContextOptions<ApplicationDbContext> options) : base(options)
        {
        }

        public DbSet<Person> Persons { get; set; }
    }
}

protected DbContext()
   : this((DbContextOptions) new DbContextOptions<DbContext>())
{
}

public DbContext([NotNull] DbContextOptions options)
{
  // …
}

using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities
{
    public class ApplicationDbContext : DbContext
    {
        public DbSet<Person> Persons { get; set; }

        protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
        {
            optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer(@"... connection string ...");
        }
    }
}

{
    "ConnectionStrings": {
        "ApplicationDbContextConnection": "Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=TestDbCore2016;Integrated Security = true"
    }
}

    public class Startup
    {
        public IConfigurationRoot Configuration { set; get; }

        public Startup(IHostingEnvironment env)
        {
            var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder()
                                .SetBasePath(env.ContentRootPath)
                                .AddJsonFile("appsettings.json", reloadOnChange: true, optional: false)
                                .AddJsonFile($"appsettings.{env}.json", optional: true);
            Configuration = builder.Build();
        }

        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddSingleton<IConfigurationRoot>(provider => { return Configuration; });
            services.AddDbContext<ApplicationDbContext>(options =>
            {
                options.UseSqlServer(Configuration["ConnectionStrings:ApplicationDbContextConnection"]);
            });

using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities
{
    public class ApplicationDbContext : DbContext
    {
        private readonly IConfigurationRoot _configuration;

        public ApplicationDbContext(IConfigurationRoot configuration)
        {
            _configuration = configuration;
        }

        //public ApplicationDbContext(DbContextOptions<ApplicationDbContext> options) : base(options)
        //{
        //}

        public DbSet<Person> Persons { get; set; }

        protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
        {
            optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer(_configuration["ConnectionStrings:ApplicationDbContextConnection"]);
        }
    }
}

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    services.AddDbContext<ApplicationDbContext>();

using System.Linq;
using Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Controllers
{
    public class TestDBController : Controller
    {
        private readonly ApplicationDbContext _ctx;

        public TestDBController(ApplicationDbContext ctx)
        {
            _ctx = ctx;
        }

        public IActionResult Index()
        {
            var name = _ctx.Persons.First().FirstName;
            return Json(new { firstName = name });
        }
    }
}

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