Getting code-first Entity Framework to build tables on SQL Azure
- by NER1808
I am new the code-first Entity Framework.
I have tried a few things now, but can't get EF to construct any tables in the my SQL Azure database.
Can anyone advise of some steps and settings I should check.
The membership provider has no problems create it's tables.
I have added the PersistSecurityInfo=True in the connection string. The connection string is using the main user account for the server.
When I implement the tables in the database using sql everything works fine.
I have the following in the WebRole.cs
            //Initialize the database
        Database.SetInitializer<ReykerSCPContext>(new DbInitializer());
My DbInitializer (which does not get run before I get a "Invalid object name 'dbo.ClientAccountIFAs'." when I try to access the table for the first time. Sometime after startup.
    public class DbInitializer:DropCreateDatabaseIfModelChanges<ReykerSCPContext>
{
    protected override void Seed(ReykerSCPContext context)
    {
        using (context)
        {
            //Add Doc Types
            context.DocTypes.Add(new DocType() { DocTypeId = 1, Description = "Statement" });
            context.DocTypes.Add(new DocType() { DocTypeId = 2, Description = "Contract note" });
            context.DocTypes.Add(new DocType() { DocTypeId = 3, Description = "Notification" });
            context.DocTypes.Add(new DocType() { DocTypeId = 4, Description = "Invoice" });
            context.DocTypes.Add(new DocType() { DocTypeId = 5, Description = "Document" });
            context.DocTypes.Add(new DocType() { DocTypeId = 6, Description = "Newsletter" });
            context.DocTypes.Add(new DocType() { DocTypeId = 7, Description = "Terms and Conditions" });
            //Add ReykerAccounttypes
            context.ReykerAccountTypes.Add(new ReykerAccountType() { ReykerAccountTypeID = 1, Description = "ISA" });
            context.ReykerAccountTypes.Add(new ReykerAccountType() { ReykerAccountTypeID = 2, Description = "Trading" });
            context.ReykerAccountTypes.Add(new ReykerAccountType() { ReykerAccountTypeID = 3, Description = "SIPP" });
            context.ReykerAccountTypes.Add(new ReykerAccountType() { ReykerAccountTypeID = 4, Description = "CTF" });
            context.ReykerAccountTypes.Add(new ReykerAccountType() { ReykerAccountTypeID = 5, Description = "JISA" });
            context.ReykerAccountTypes.Add(new ReykerAccountType() { ReykerAccountTypeID = 6, Description = "Direct" });
            context.ReykerAccountTypes.Add(new ReykerAccountType() { ReykerAccountTypeID = 7, Description = "ISA & Direct" });
            //Save the changes
            context.SaveChanges();
        }
and my DBContext class looks like
        public class ReykerSCPContext : DbContext
    {
        //set the connection explicitly
        public ReykerSCPContext():base("ReykerSCPContext"){}
    //define tables
    public DbSet<ClientAccountIFA> ClientAccountIFAs { get; set; }
    public DbSet<Document> Documents { get; set; }
    public DbSet<DocType> DocTypes { get; set; }
    public DbSet<ReykerAccountType> ReykerAccountTypes { get; set; }
    protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
    {
        //Runs when creating the model. Can use to define special relationships, such as many-to-many.
    }
The code used to access the is
        public List<ClientAccountIFA> GetAllClientAccountIFAs()
    {
        using (DataContext)
        {
            var caiCollection = from c in DataContext.ClientAccountIFAs
                                select c;
            return caiCollection.ToList();
        }
    }
and it errors on the last line.
Help!