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Modifying the Data Model

Explore how to modify data models with Entity Framework Core migrations. Learn to add new entities, add or rename properties, and delete properties within your model, keeping the database in sync with code changes using migration commands.

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Overview

In this lesson, we’ll see how migrations enable us to modify the model. We’ll perform the following actions:

  • Add a new entity type to a model.
  • Add a new property to an entity type.
  • Rename a property of an entity type.
  • Delete a property of an entity type.

Note: The commands in this lesson generate code and files. Through the terminal, we can navigate to these files by using relevant Linux commands such as ls to view a list of files and directories, cd to change directories, and cat to view file contents. A SPA widget showing the updated project with the generated files is also available. Also, note that EF Core uses a timestamp within the generated file names, which we represent with xxx.

Adding a new entity type to a model

In this project, the Entities directory contains a new entity named ...