Entity Framework Core 2.0 Dynamically Creating A Database

Until a seeding mechanism is provided in EF Core you can provide your own seeding mechanism.

In earlier phases of a project, when the database is not yet fixed, I don't care that data get lost. When I want to recreate the database dynamically I call the function below. By the setting of a parameter I determine if this "recreateDatabase"-function is called yes or no. The function is included in MyOwnDbContext class.

The seed function you need to write is very similar to the one you use in EF 6.

    private static void recreateDatabase(YourOwnDbContext dbContext)
    {
        dbContext.Database.EnsureDeleted();
        dbContext.Database.EnsureCreated();

        seed(dbContext);
    }