How can I disable migration in Entity Framework 6.0

Question

I\'m trying to ignore the \"Automatic\" migration using Entity Framework 6.0 rc1. My problem is that I don\'t want this feature right now and every time that my application

Answer 1

The mistake I was making was to call Database.SetInitializer(null); too late (after the context had been initialised). The best way to ensure migrations are disabled is to make the above call for all your contexts in your application startup. I favor this approach over setting it in the app.config so I can use my container to locate my contexts and then construct a call.

var migrationsMethod = typeof(System.Data.Entity.Database).GetMethod("SetInitializer");
foreach (var contextType in allContextTypes)
{
    migrationsMethod.MakeGenericMethod(contextType).Invoke(null, new object[] { null });                            
}