How to apply a specific migration or roll back to a previous migration using Entity Framework Core?
How to apply a specific migration or roll back to a previous migration using Entity Framework Core?
23620-Oct-2023
Updated on 22-Oct-2023
Aryan Kumar
22-Oct-2023In 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.
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.
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:
To apply a specific migration, you can pass the migration name to the Migrate method:
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:
Apply the newly created migration
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.