No tables are created when using code first EF - entity-framework

Question

So I'm trying to deploy a database on Azure using EF code first. I have one model:
public class User
{
[Key]
public int PersonID { get; set; }
[Required(ErrorMessage = "A first name is required.")]
[StringLength(20, MinimumLength = 2, ErrorMessage = "Your firstname needs to be atleast 2 letters long")]
[RegularExpression(#"^[a-zA-Z]*$", ErrorMessage = "Your firstname can only contain letters")]
[Display(Name = "First Name:")]
public string FirstName { get; set; }
}
DataContext-class:
public class DataContext : DbContext
{
public DataContext() : base("DataContext")
{
}
public DbSet<User> User { get; set; }
}
DataContextInitalizer-class:
public class DataContextInitializer : DropCreateDatabaseIfModelChanges<DataContext>
{
}
In the global.asax-file to initalize the datacontext:
Database.SetInitializer(new DataContextInitializer());
And then finally the string to connect to the database in the web.config:
<connectionStrings>
<add name="DataContext" connectionString="Data Source=tcp:*.database.windows.net,1433;Initial Catalog=TestApi20180311012458_db;User ID=usernamehere;Password=passwordhere" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
Thou no tables are created when building the solution. I dont know where I'm missing out. Can you see whats wrong?

Answer 1

Thou no tables are created when building the solution. I dont know where I'm missing out. Can you see whats wrong?
Your code just to connect Azure sql in your local project. And the data initialization just uses to initialize data in table. But your tables have not created yet. If you want to create table in Azure sql, you could use Migrations.
Azure sql connection string in web.config:
<connectionStrings>
<add name="ConnectionStringName" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" connectionString="Data Source=tcp:[databasename].database.windows.net,1433;Initial Catalog=[databasename];Integrated Security=False;User Id=[username];Password=[password];Encrypt=True;TrustServerCertificate=False;MultipleActiveResultSets=True" />
</connectionStrings>
Open Tools> Nuget Mackage Manager>Package Manager Console. Then enter the following code:
Enable-migrations
Add-migration initial
update-database
After that, you could see the tables are created in Azure Sql.
For another way, you could use publish tool to connect to Azure sql and use Code First Migrations automatically. Do not need to use code to configure manually. Open Publish settings to configure Azure sql. Or you could read this article to learn more details.