CreateDatabaseIfNotExists Initializer

[fouimette]

I am trying to get the database to be created ONLY if it does not exist but am not being successful. I only replaced DropCreateDatabaseAlways() and replaced it with CreateDatabaseIfNotExists(). Do you think that is all I have to do?

Here is what my ApplicationDbInitializer() now looks like:

public class ApplicationDbInitializer : CreateDatabaseIfNotExists<ApplicationDbContext>
{
    protected override void Seed(ApplicationDbContext context)
    {
        InitializeIdentityForEF(context);
        base.Seed(context);
    }

    //Create User=Admin@Admin.com with password=Admin@123456 in the Admin role        
    public static void InitializeIdentityForEF(ApplicationDbContext db)
    {
        var userManager = HttpContext.Current.GetOwinContext().GetUserManager<ApplicationUserManager>();
        var roleManager = HttpContext.Current.GetOwinContext().Get<ApplicationRoleManager>();
        const string name = "admin@example.com";
        const string password = "Admin@123456";
        const string roleName = "Admin";

        //Create Role Admin if it does not exist
        var role = roleManager.FindByName(roleName);
        if (role == null)
        {
            role = new ApplicationRole(roleName);
            var roleresult = roleManager.Create(role);
        }

        var user = userManager.FindByName(name);
        if (user == null)
        {
            user = new ApplicationUser { UserName = name, Email = name };
            var result = userManager.Create(user, password);
            result = userManager.SetLockoutEnabled(user.Id, false);
        }

        // Add user admin to Role Admin if not already added
        var rolesForUser = userManager.GetRoles(user.Id);
        if (!rolesForUser.Contains(role.Name))
        {
            var result = userManager.AddToRole(user.Id, role.Name);
        }
    }
}

[fouimette]

Sorry, I am fairly new to Github.

I am looking for creating the database when the application starts and not when I register my first user.

[xivSolutions]

I don't think you can do that, at least, not from within the code like this. However, under the current configuration, the database should be created when you login as the default admin user defined in the IdentityConfig.cs file.

There may be some way to script this behavior, or you could explore and see if you can find a way to call InitializeDatabaseForEF eariler in the start-up process (I have honestly never looked).

But the standard behavior for code-first here is to run the initialization when the Db is first accessed.