Question

I have used these methods to quickly bootstrap a database on a new Entity Framework project:

• DataContext.CreateDatabase
• DataContext.DeleteDatabase
• DataContext.DatabaseExists

Is there similar functionality I can use with a DbContext? It seems those methods were not moved over.

Answer 1

The Database property of the DbContext (see System.Data.Entity.Database) exposes the following methods:

• Create()
• CreateIfNotExists()
• Exists()

Here’s the link to the MSDN documentation:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.entity.database(v=VS.103).aspx