Question

For some reason my DB is not being created and i’m not getting any errors. I’m using “SQL Server”

Tring to initialize the DB in the global.asax.ca file:

protected void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
     //BREAKPOINT HITS. GOOD
     Database.SetInitializer<MenuManagerContext>(new MenuManagerServiceInitializer()); 
}

…

public class MenuManagerServiceInitializer : CreateDatabaseIfNotExists<MenuManagerContext>
{
    //BREAKPOINT NEVER HITS. BAD
    protected override void Seed(MenuManagerContext context)
    {
        context.Chains.Add(...);

        context.SaveChanges();

        base.Seed(context);
    }
}

Any ideas why the database is not being created? I’m not even getting errors so it’s very hard to tell what is wrong…

Answer 1

Database.SetInitializer doesn’t cause the database to be created. It’s only setting the initialization strategy.

The DB is created if you are using a context for the very first time, for instance by issuing any query, or by attaching or adding an object to the context, and so on.