I have two folders for my migrations (AuthContext and UserProfileContext), each has their own migration and some custom sql to run afterwards for data migrations and whatnot.
This works fine when using package manager console. I
Restore from production
Run Update-Database -ConfigurationTypeName Migrations.Auth.Configuration
Run Update-Database -ConfigurationTypeName Migrations.UserProfile.Configuration
Then everything is very happy in the new database, migrations executed data shuffled where it needs to.
I tried to test out the migrations on publish piece by:
Restore production on dev database
Single connection string (all contexts use the same) pointed to dev database
Publish to azure web site
Checked the box for Apply Code First Migrations
Selected that single connection string
Okay it published fine; however, when I went to look at the database, nothing happened! It did not create the necessary tables, columns, or data moves.
TLDR; Code first migrations are not running after publish to Azure
Update 1
I've tried any combination of the below: only one single connection string so I'm guessing that's not the issue, and execute migrations is checked.
On publish the api runs but no database changes are made. I thought perhaps I needed to hit it first but I just get random errors when I try to use the api (which now of course relies on the new database setup), and the database is still not changed.
I've seen a couple references out there about needing to add something to my Startup class but I'm not sure how to proceed.
Update 2
I solved one issue by added "Persist Security Info=True" to my connection string. Now it actually connects to the database and calls my API; however, no migrations are running.
I attached debugger to Azure dev environment and stepped through... on my first database call it steps into the Configuration class for the Migration in question, then barfs and I can't track down the error.
public Configuration()
{
AutomaticMigrationsEnabled = false;
MigrationsDirectory = #"Migrations\Auth";
ContextKey = "AuthContext";
}
Update 3
Okay, dug down and the first time it hits the database we're erroring. Yes this makes sense since the model has changed, but I have migrations in place, enabled, and checked! Again, it works fine when running "Update-Database" from package manager console, but not when using Execute Code First Migrations during publish to Azure
The model backing the 'AuthContext' context has changed since the
database was created. Consider using Code First Migrations to update
the database (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=238269).
Update 4
Okay I found the root issue here. VS is setting up the additional web.config attrib for databaseInitializer on only one of my database contexts, the one not mentioned is in fact hit first from my app.
So now I have to figure out how to get it to include multiple contexts, or, combine all of my stuff into a single context.
The answer to this post is not very detailed.
This article explains what I had to do to fix a similar problem to this:
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/webdev/2014/04/08/ef-code-first-migrations-deployment-to-an-azure-cloud-service/
I'll roughly describe the steps I had to take below:
Step 1
Add your connection strings to your dbContexts, in my situation, they were both the same.
Step 2
Add this to your web.config
<appSettings>
<add key="MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion" value="true"/>
</appSettings>
Step 3
And add this to the bottom of your global.asax.cs / Startup.cs(OWIN startup)
var configuration = new Migrations.Configuration();
var migrator = new DbMigrator(configuration);
migrator.Update();
Solved! To summarize the solution for posterity:
Enable Code First Migrations only enables them for one base connection string per checkbox checked, regardless of how many contexts have migrations against that base connection string. So in my case I broke out the two in question into two different connection strings.
Then I was hitting other errors and identified that if you're changing the base connection string to the model backing asp identity you need to include (one time publish) the additional flag base("AuthContext" , throwIfV1Schema: false)
For anyone who has this issue and may have overlooked the following: be sure to check that you have correctly set the connection string in your Web.config file and/or Application settings on Azure. This includes DefaultConnection and DefaultConnection_DatabasePublish.
In our case the former was correct but the latter contained the wrong database instance because it had been carried over from an App Service clone operation. Therefore the wrong database was being migrated.
Related
I got a problem. Somehow my CodeFirst Migrations are no longer executed.
Everything worked perfectly before but not it does not work anymore. I deleted all the database now and tried to redeploy it, but the database is simply not updated anymore.
Any help?
( I got the checkbox in the publishing wizard checked to deploy CF Migrations)
Ok I found the solution, so I will post it here if anyone else gets stuck here.
The Code First Migrations only get executed after a request is made. However, somehow my requests did fail because the database structure was not correct. So I could not do a request to execute the migrations, and therefor the database was not updated. So I created a simple dummy Request that just returns an OK status, and called it. This did trigger the migration and now everythign works.
Weird.
It is not working because you might have created/selected other connection in deploy wizard. Same is confirmed in the deployed connection string where you can see two connnection strings.
The second connection string is also referecened in EF seciton -
And, in the context you have used first connectionstring - public ApplicationDbContext() : base("DefaultConnection", throwIfV1Schema: false) {}
Changing name here will solve your issue.
I use this to force the migration to run.
var db = new MyDbContext();
db.Database.ExecuteSqlCommand("select 1");
db.Dispose();
I am having an issue where I am getting an error "context has changed since the database was created," but when I look at the migrations history table it is the latest migration. This is a test site, so I updated the database using a sql script I got by running this command "Update-Database -Script -SourceMigration: $InitialDatabase" I can't just delete the whole database and recreate it. Has anyone run into a similar issue like this? Currently, I am using EF 6.1.3.
Note: I used code-first for this, so it was not an existing database I am adding to.
The issue was that a new directory had been created for the site due to the domain name being changed. I knew the domain name had changed, but didn't realize the physical directory had changes. It was such a slight change I missed it when I was checking the application paths (an s was removed). So the problem was caused by pebkac (problem exists between keyboard and chair).
Try to set your Initializer to null in the constructor of your DbContext class.
Like this:
Database.SetInitializer<YourDbContext>(null);
ScottGu's Blog explains why this happens :
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/using-ef-code-first-with-an-existing-database
Have you tried using this command instead of executing a script?
Update-Database -Force
If you have enabled auto migrations, this should pick up your code-first changes and deploy them. The force will allow columns which have data to be dropped etc.
I am running Entity Framework with Code First Migrations. My new release adds a table, modifies a few tables, and run some scripts. This works perfectly when developing locally using update-database.
Upon deployment the new table was not created and I was receiving errors from my client. I attached the debugger to the deployed site to track through what was happening. It reached the controller, went through the normal flow, and upon hitting the first database call to the new (but not actually existing yet) table it hopped into the Configuration class for my migration.
internal sealed class Configuration : DbMigrationsConfiguration<myProject.api.AuthContext>
{
public Configuration()
{
AutomaticMigrationsEnabled = false;
MigrationsDirectory = #"Migrations\Auth";
ContextKey = "myProject.api.AuthContext";
}
So I'm thinking great, all should be well. It goes through all of these, returns to the initial database call, but then that call returns an error, pasted below
The model backing the 'AuthContext' context has changed since the
database was created. Consider using Code First Migrations to update
the database (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=238269).
This is surprising since indeed I have enabled code first migrations! Using the standard enable-migrations and add-migration, which work perfectly on my local machine when I issue the update-database command.
1) How can I get my Code First migrations to run once deployed to Azure?
Update 1
Here are my publish settings. For some reason I do not have the checkbox option for: "Execute Code First Migrations" and am guessing that's the issue...
Huzzah! My update was the issue. I found from other SO posts that his happens sometimes. A Clean and Rebuild, followed by restarting VS, restored the 'Execute Code First Migrations' checkbox. Re-deployed and everything worked perfectly.
Have you checked these lines of code?
In your web.config:
<appSettings>
<add key="MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion" value="true"/>
</appSettings>
In your global.asax.cs / Startup.cs (OWIN startup):
var configuration = new Migrations.Configuration();
var migrator = new DbMigrator(configuration);
migrator.Update();
If I have an EF6 Code First environment in need of a schema change, is it possible to configure it in such a way that I can apply the migration (via Update-Database -Script) before the code gets deployed?
I just ran a simple test with a console app building a DB with migration "Initial", taking a copy of the application at this point. I then modified the schema by adding a new property to my entity and added a "V2" migration and ran Update-Database. When trying to run the "old" code against this migrated DB, I get an InvalidOperationException "The model backing the context has changed since the database was created."
Is the Continuous Delivery type operation where you might want one server running new application code with others running old versions possible with EF code first?
can you modify old code ?
if yes disabling schema checking in old code is an option.
btw: Are you sure the added column is nullable or as a default value ?
to avoid surprises, you can also use a connection string that has read only rights on the schema to avoid data corruption.
I would like to introduce Code First Migrations to my project, but I am unsure of how to handle deploying this to my client for testing. Until now, things have been quite simple, and I have just used a CreateDatabaseIfNotExists initializer. Now, I have two scenarios:
He deletes his existing, before-migrations, database, and uses an initializer to create a new, with-migrations, database, and we use migrations from here on to upgrade his database. Can I use the MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion initializer to create the DB if missing as well?
I just deploy my code and let it perform migrations. I'm not quite sure if anything but using a MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion is required here. Will this upgrade a pre-migrations database to one suitable for migrations?
This is what I do when automatic migration is required; I hope this helps you find a solution:
Database.SetInitializer(
new MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion<ContextFileName, PathToMigrationsConfig>()
);
Database.Initialize(false);
In the configuration file for the migrations, I set the following in the constructor
AutomaticMigrationsEnabled = true;
AutomaticMigrationDataLossAllowed = false;
In the configuration file you should have an override of the seed method, if not you can add it and fill in your seed data.
What the above will do is create/upgrade the database to the latest as long as no data loss occurs. This should allow you hand off the code to the client.
On a side note, for a production system I will usually argue the point of not doing this. This had many disadvantages. For databases I do not have control over I have yet to find a client that has refused the generated script file.
You can get this by using the following command after you add a migration through the Package Manager Console:
Update-database –script -verbose