How can I disable code first migrations

Question

I have a code-first entity model in EF5. But I want to manage the database changes manually -- I do not want EF to modify my existing database and all its data. But when I make parallel changes in the EF mapping and in the database, EF refuses to operate properly telling me I need to use code first migration. How do I turn this off?

Answer 1

set the Database.SetInitializer to null.

public class DatabaseContext: DbContext
{
    //the base accepts the name of the connection string provided in the web.config as a parameter
    public DatabaseContext()
        : base("DatabaseContext")
    {
        //disable initializer
        Database.SetInitializer<DatabaseContext>(null);
    }