"dotnet ef database update" programatically with Entity Framework Core

Question

I'd like to call these migrations from a script and while there's plenty of information on how to do that with Entity Framework standard there's very little with Entity Framework Core.

I believe that this is the command that I need but I'm not sure on how to instantiate it properly or where the underlying classes are.

https://github.com/aspnet/EntityFrameworkCore/blob/7c64310a66ad04d04c43edaa70dc9e3963cb493f/src/ef/Commands/DatabaseUpdateCommand.Configure.cs

Edit: There seems to be some confusion about what it is I'm trying to do. Here is an example in the standard Entity Framework. However, upon first look there doesn't seem to be equivilent to DbMigrator in entity framework core.

https://romiller.com/2012/02/09/running-scripting-migrations-from-code/

Do you mean running Update-Database from Package Manager Console? — Vivek Nuna
– Vivek Nuna, Commented May 14, 2018 at 9:05
No. I mean calling it from a script I wrote myself. Not from the CLI. — Richard Vanbergen
– Richard Vanbergen, Commented May 14, 2018 at 9:44

bricelam · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-14 15:44:32Z

12

We made it easier in EF Core:

using (var db = new MyDbContext())
{
    db.Database.Migrate();
}

answered May 14, 2018 at 15:44

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Richard Vanbergen Over a year ago

Absolutely beautiful mate. I'll give it a shot!

Brad Over a year ago

The official docs learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/managing-schemas/migrations/…

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