Having a project with everything necessary to generate a Code-First database
-Open a Terminal
A) To check if the EF CLI tools are installed, type
dotnet ef
-This will show what versions of the CLI tools are installed.
B) To install the CLI tools, type
dotnet tool install –global dotnet-ef
-This will install the CLI tools, in case you need to update use “update” instead “install”
C) To see the list of available migrations, type
dotnet ef migrations list
-This will show all existing migrations
D) To add a migration, type
dotnet ef migrations add MigrationName
-This will add a new migration with the name MigrationName
E) To create/update a database with available migrations, type
dotnet ef database update
-This creates or updates the current database
F) To remove a specific migration, type
dotnet ef migrations remove MigrationName
-This will remove the migration with the name MigrationName
G) To remove a database, type
dotnet ef database drop
-This will completely delete the database
Tested on: VS Code 1.68/.NET 6.0/EntityFrameworkCore 6.06
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