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How to apply a specific migration or roll back to a previous migration using Entity Framework Core?

Sandra Emily26120-Oct-2023

How to apply a specific migration or roll back to a previous migration using Entity Framework Core?

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Updated on 22-Oct-2023
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Aryan Kumar

Aryan Kumar

22-Oct-2023

In Entity Framework Core, you can apply a specific migration or roll back to a previous migration using the command-line interface (CLI) or code. Here's how to do both:

1. Using Command-Line Interface (CLI):

To Apply a Specific Migration: You can apply a specific migration using the dotnet ef database update command, specifying the migration name you want to apply.

dotnet ef database update [MigrationName]

Replace [MigrationName] with the name of the migration you want to apply.

To Roll Back to a Previous Migration: To roll back to a previous migration, you can use the dotnet ef database update command again, but this time specify the migration to which you want to roll back.

dotnet ef database update [TargetMigration]

Replace [TargetMigration] with the name of the migration to which you want to roll back.

2. Using Code:

To Apply a Specific Migration: You can apply a specific migration using the Migrate method in your application's code. Here's an example of how to apply a specific migration programmatically:

using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using System;

var serviceProvider = new ServiceCollection()
    .AddDbContext<MyDbContext>(options => options.UseSqlServer("YourConnectionString"))
    .BuildServiceProvider();

using (var context = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<MyDbContext>())
{
    context.Database.Migrate(); // This will apply all pending migrations.
}

To apply a specific migration, you can pass the migration name to the Migrate method:

context.Database.Migrate("[MigrationName]");

To Roll Back to a Previous Migration: Rolling back to a previous migration programmatically can be a bit more complex. You will need to create a new migration that represents the state you want to roll back to and apply that migration. Here are the basic steps:

Create a new migration to represent the state to which you want to roll back:

dotnet ef migrations add [NewMigrationName]

Apply the newly created migration

context.Database.Migrate("[NewMigrationName]");

This will bring your database back to the state represented by the new migration, effectively rolling back to a previous state.

Remember to replace [MigrationName] and [NewMigrationName] with the actual names of the migrations you want to apply or roll back to.

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