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Database.SetInitializer<TContext> Method

Entity Framework 5.0

Gets or sets the database initialization strategy. The database initialization strategy is called when DbContext instance is initialized from a DbCompiledModel.

Namespace: System.Data.Entity
Assembly: EntityFramework (in EntityFramework.dll)

Syntax

C++

JScript

public static void SetInitializer<TContext>(
	IDatabaseInitializer<TContext> strategy
)
where TContext : DbContext

Type Parameters

TContext: The type of the context.

Parameters

strategy: Type: System.Data.Entity.IDatabaseInitializer<TContext>
The strategy.

Remarks

The initialization strategy can optionally check for database existence, create a new database, and seed the database with data. The default strategy is an instance of CreateDatabaseIfNotExists<TContext>.

Reference

Database Class

System.Data.Entity Namespace

Other Resources

Entity Framework

Data Developer Center

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