EF 6 programmatic Migration with custom connection string
.net .net-4.5 c# entity-framework entity-framework-6
Question
I have an EF6 code first implementation with migrations enabled and a single initial migration. I created a method to programmatically run the migration that looks like the following:
public void RunMigration()
{
var migrationConfiguration = new DataAccess.Migrations.Configuration();
var migrator = new System.Data.Entity.Migrations.DbMigrator(migrationConfiguration);
migrator.Update();
}
When I got to testing I have several configured connection strings in the App.config. My Question:
How do I tell the DbMigrator what connection string to use?
update: I suppose the catch is doing this without extending DbMigrator.
Accepted Answer
So unless someone comes up with a better answer: In EF6 there is no working way as of EF 6.1.3 to specify runtime connection strings for programmatic database migrations. I think the only thing I can see is that I will need to generate an sql script and programmatically run it at time of database setup. The issue with this is that I either have to compile in the text or deploy it with the binary.
Popular Answer
I Use
var migrator = new DbMigrator(new DbMigrationsConfiguration { TargetDatabase = new DbConnectionInfo("MyConnectionStringHere")});
migrator.Update();
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