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I'm using code first entity framework and I would like to know how to run some code when the database is being created so that I can populate my database with some data. (note that I'm asking for on database creation, not everytime the application starts).

Does anybody know if there's a method or event I can use for this?

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I'd like to add to Ladislav's answer. The article he pointed to shows how to create an initializer but does not show how to use an initializer to populate a newly created database. DbInitializer has a method called Seed that you can overwrite. You can see an example of how to use this in this article (or video if you prefer, which is on the same page) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/hh272552

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You can use custom database initializer - it means implementing IDatabaseInitializer and registering this initializer by calling Database.SetInitializer.

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The article is for CTP 4, in CTP 5, they changed the initializer to DbDatabase.SetInitializer
(Ajma...we are not working with a released RTM version of Code First and Ladislav's answer is correct. It is Database.SetInitializer, not DbDatabase.)
hey that was supposed to be "now" not, "not" :)

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