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Description
Many projects have used the EDMX files and the EF Designer to generate their models with Entity Framework. However, Entity Framework Core has not added support for EDMX generation. So what do you if you want to port your EF projects to EF Core?
In this episode, Entity Framework PM Diego Vega joins Christos to give us a thorough walkthrough of porting an Entity Framework EDMX model over to Entity Framework Core
- [01:06] - Why would I want to move?
- [03:18] - Reviewing a sample EDMX model
- [08:10] - Porting the hard way
- [09:29] - Porting the easier way
- [13:44] - Using the EF Core Power tools
- [18:24] - Exploring inheritance
Useful Links
- What's new in EF Core 3
- Migrating from EF 6 to EF Core
- Porting from EF 6 to EF Core
- EF Core Power tools
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The Discussion
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Flem100 Thank you for this! Very important that we don't have to switch to ef core at the same time we switch to .netcore. That we can split the conversion into 2 steps, helps a lot!
And thank you EF power tools.
May I ask for the reason(s) for NOT having the edmx anymore? It's sooo pretty and quite simple to use so making the switch is such a tough decision. -
JWood Yes, I'd also like to know why EDMX is no longer supported and database first has essentially been dropped.
To the users who don't need cross platform support, all these "enhancements" are sometimes hard to swallow when existing features are being taken away. -
Arthur @JWood. EF6 still supports EDMX and database first. This has not changed. EF Core has a different architectural foundation that is not based on a common EDM, and hence does not support EDM files like EDMX. However, database first is still supported in EF Core.