Ability to use migrations tool without providing a connection string about efcorepowertools

[blahDL]

I was able to get the migration tool opening up now without throwing the exception by implementing IDesignTimeDbContextFactory for all of the database contexts from the documentation available at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/cli/dbcontext-creation?tabs=dotnet-core-cli#from-a-design-time-factory

[ErikEJ]

Regarding the missing connection string - look at the advise here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/cli/dbcontext-creation?tabs=dotnet-core-cli (I think you would encounter the exact same issues with the standard CLI tools=

dotnet ef migrations add --context=[DatabaseContext] [MigrationName]

• does the tool not do that for you already?

dotnet ef migrations script --context=[DatabaseContext] --idempotent --output script.sql

• Please create a seperate issue for this, seems like a good idea.

[ErikEJ]

@blahDL Ping?

[blahDL]

Weird, I didn't get a notification email from the response or the ping :-|

We always generate the SQL files and run them against our databases, I don't think we have ever tried to run the migrations against a database via the CLI. We have a build step to generate the SQL and commit it to the repository to make it easier for everyone. I'll see what I can get working using that documentation though.

does the tool not do that for you already?

The connection string exception currently prevents me from getting to this functionality :-(

Please create a seperate issue for this, seems like a good idea.

Will do

[ErikEJ]

Amazing!

[ErikEJ]

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