I have the following class in NET Core2.0 App.
// required when local database does not exist or was deleted
public class ToDoContextFactory : IDesignTimeDbContextFactory<AppContext>
{
public AppContext CreateDbContext(string[] args)
{
var builder = new DbContextOptionsBuilder<AppContext>();
builder.UseSqlServer("Server=localhost;Database=DbName;Trusted_Connection=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=true");
return new AppContext(builder.Options);
}
}
This is required in Core 2.0 with migration when Database does not exist and has to be created when you run update-database.
Unable to create migrations after upgrading to ASP.NET Core 2.0
I would like not having ConnectionString in 2 places(here and in appsettings.json) but only in .json so I have tried to replace
"Server=localhost;Database=DbName;Trusted_Connection=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=true"
with
ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["DefaultConnection"].ConnectionString
but it's not working, I'm getting null value.
UPDATE 1:
Just to note that adding explicitly .json is not necessery in Core 2 so the problem is not with the file.
https://andrewlock.net/exploring-program-and-startup-in-asp-net-core-2-preview1-2/
UPDATE 2:
Also I am already using Configuration for sending ConnectionString from .json to Context:
public class Startup
{
public Startup(IConfiguration configuration)
{
Configuration = configuration;
}
public IConfiguration Configuration { get; }
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
services.AddDbContext<AppContext>(options => options.UseSqlServer(Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection")));
}
}
But I can not use this for ToDoContextFactory because it does not have Configuration, and ToDoContextFactory is used by migrations so the App is not running at all.
SOLUTION: Based on answer from @JRB I made it work like this:
public AppContext CreateDbContext(string[] args)
{
string projectPath = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory.Split(new String[] { @"bin\" }, StringSplitOptions.None)[0];
IConfigurationRoot configuration = new ConfigurationBuilder()
.SetBasePath(projectPath)
.AddJsonFile("appsettings.json")
.Build();
string connectionString = configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection");
var builder = new DbContextOptionsBuilder<AppContext>();
builder.UseSqlServer(connectionString);
return new AppContext(builder.Options);
}
STEP 1: Include the following in OnConfiguring()
protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
{
IConfigurationRoot configuration = new ConfigurationBuilder()
.SetBasePath(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory)
.AddJsonFile("appsettings.json")
.Build();
optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer(configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection"));
}
STEP 2: Create appsettings.json:
{
"ConnectionStrings": {
"DefaultConnection": "Server=YOURSERVERNAME; Database=YOURDATABASENAME; Trusted_Connection=True; MultipleActiveResultSets=true"
}
}
STEP 3: Hard copy appsettings.json to the correct directory
Hard copy appsettings.json.config to the directory specified in the AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory directory.
Use your debugger to find out which directory that is.
Assumption: you have already included package Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json (get it from Nuget) in your project.