DropCreateDatabaseAlways with Code First not working with Azure Sql Database - entity-framework

Question

I am trying to create a Microservices architecture. I have a stateless service combined with Entity Framework deployed on the Azure Service Cluster Fabric.
However my problem is when i have a Initializer with DropCreateDatabaseAlways the database is removed but not recreated.
I have the following Initializer:
class CompanyInitializer : DropCreateDatabaseAlways<CompanyContext>
{
protected override void Seed(CompanyContext context)
{
var companies = new List<Company>
{
new Company { Name = "AAA", City = "Eindhoven", Streetname="Street 12" },
new Company { Name = "BBB", City = "Rotterdam", Streetname = "Street 12" },
new Company { Name = "CCC", City = "Eindhoven", Streetname = "Street 12" }
};
companies.ForEach(s => context.Companies.Add(s));
context.SaveChanges();
base.Seed(context);
}
}
With the following context:
public class CompanyContext : DbContext
{
public CompanyContext(string connectionString) : base(connectionString)
{
this.Database.Connection.ConnectionString = connectionString;
Database.SetInitializer<CompanyContext>(new CompanyInitializer());
}
public DbSet<Company> Companies { get; set; }
}
And i am connecting these through the constructor of the stateless service:
public StatelessServiceCompany(StatelessServiceContext context)
: base(context)
{
_databaseConnectionstring = WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["Entity.Framework.ConnectionString"];
_context = new CompanyContext(_databaseConnectionstring);
new CompanyInitializer().InitializeDatabase(_context);
}
And the connectionstring is as followed:
Data Source=*****.*****.****.***;Initial Catalog=******;Integrated Security=False;User ID=********;Password=********;Connect Timeout=30;Encrypt=True;TrustServerCertificate=False;ApplicationIntent=ReadWrite;MultiSubnetFailover=False
The problem is that the database is dropped but never recreated. I believe there are rights missing to create a database through code on the Azure platform.
Secondly Service cluster fabric is not letting me enable migrations for the project. When enabling migrations via the Package manager console i get the following error:
"System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly
'StatelessServiceCompany' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was
made to load a program with an incorrect format."
How can i solve this. I don't want to make a replicate of Entity Framework via Ado.net.
Edit
I solved my problem by deleting the Initializer and enabling migrations. The solution for enabling migration was in the Platform Target under Properties > Build. Switching the platform target between x64 and x86 seems to do the trick. The seed function in the configuration file is also a kind of initializer.

Answer 1

You questions consists of two issues:
Database initialisation and
Schema migrations
of which I will only address the first one as that is your primary concern.
These two issues might be connected as well as might not.
The initializer DropCreateDatabaseAlways, unsuprisingly, drops the database when you run the application but it does not recreate a new one immediately. Instead, it waits for the first context usage in particular application domain and only then recreates it.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg679506(v=vs.113).aspx