Instructions for using EF Core's Scaffold-DbContext scaffolding command

summer · Posted on 2/8/2019 1:39:35 PM

The tool's scaffold-dbcontext directive to generate models and contexts.

Instruction details:

Scaffold-DbContext [-Connection] <String> [-Provider] <String> [-OutputDir <String>] [-Context <String>]
[-Schemas <String>] [-Tables <String>] [-DataAnnotations] [ -Force] [-Project <String>]
[-StartupProject <String>] [-Environment <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

PARAMETERS
-Connection <String>
Specifies the connection string for the database.

-Provider <String>
Specify the provider to use. For example, Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer.

-OutputDir <String>
Specify the directory used for the output class. If omitted, the top-level item directory is used.

-Context <String>
Specifies the name of the generated DbContext class.

-Schemas <String>
Specify the schema for which you want to generate the class.

-Tables <String>
Specify the table for which you want to generate the class.

-DataAnnotations [<SwitchParameter>]
Use the DataAnnotation property to configure the model where possible. If omitted, the output code will only use the fluent API.

-Force [<SwitchParameter>]
Force scaffolding to overwrite existing files. Otherwise, the code will only continue if no output file is overwritten.

-Project <String>
Specify the items to use. If omitted, the default project is used.

-StartupProject <String>
Specify the launch project to use. If omitted, use the solution's startup project.

-Environment <String>
Specify the environment to use. If omitted, "Develop" is used.

Example:

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[.NET Core] Instructions for using EF Core's Scaffold-DbContext scaffolding command

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