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Learning Microsoft Azure

You're reading from   Learning Microsoft Azure A comprehensive guide to cloud application development using Microsoft Azure

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2014
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782173373
Length 430 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Geoff Webber Cross Geoff Webber Cross
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Preface 1. Getting Started with Microsoft Azure FREE CHAPTER 2. Designing a System for Microsoft Azure 3. Starting to Develop with Microsoft Azure 4. Creating and Managing a Windows Azure SQL Server Database 5. Building Azure MVC Websites 6. Azure Website Diagnostics and Debugging 7. Azure Service Bus Topic Integration 8. Building Worker Roles 9. Cloud Service Diagnostics, Debugging, and Configuration 10. Web API and Client Integration 11. Integrating a Mobile Application Using Mobile Services 12. Preparing an Azure System for Production Index

Creating database scripts from Entity Framework Code First Migrations

We can easily create a T-SQL script from a database built with Code First Migrations by entering the following command in the Package Manager console:

Update-Database -Script -SourceMigration:$InitialDatabase

This command creates a T-SQL script for all migrations and opens it in Visual Studio. Unfortunately, scripts aren't created for the database seeding as this isn't part of Entity Framework migrations, so this has to be scripted separately.

Once we have these scripts, system administrators or database administrators can easily use them to build databases for our application environments without Code First Migrations. Once deployed, we can create more scripts to move to the next migration.

Of course, we can always manually create database schema scripts from SQL Server Management Studio. We can also use third-party tools such as Red Gate's SQL Compare product (http://www.red-gate.com/products/sql-development...

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