I am trying to figure out how to run a specific migration from the package manager in nuget.
I have tried to run:
update-database -TargetMigration test32
But I do get this message:
A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'TargetMigration'.
How can this be resolved?
According to EF Core Docs, correct parameter name is -Target (for EF Core 1.1) or -Migration (for EF Core 2.0)
so in your case, for EF 1.1:
update-database -target test32
or, for EF 2.0 and later:
update-database -migration test32
"Modern" way is to use "regular" command prompt and .NET Core CLI, and command like dotnet ef database update <target>
The best answer given by Dmitry is a bit incorrect.
There's no parameter -Target. The only parameter that can be applied is -Migration.
Therefore, the right answer is:
Update-Database -Migration test32
test32), which is what you normally want since migrations might one upon the other and must be run in order.For EF Core 3.1 via Package Manager Console:
dotnet ef database update YourMigrationName
Just wanted to add to what Plastiquewind mentioned. In the current version, there is no -target parameter. You have to use -migration. Also, you can specify the context (if you have more than one) with the -context parameter.
Update-database -context MyContext -migration MyMigration
For mac OS i did like this working for me
dotnet ef database update -c ApplicationDbContext
in EF Core 8 and 9 simply:
update-database MigrationName
okey, just to have commands for every version of EF in one place, for EF6 it is:
update-database -TargetMigration <full migration name including id>
