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 m

Answer 1

If you already used Migrations then changing only Initializer won't help. You need to go to Management Studio, open your database tables, go to System Tables folder and remove __MigrationHistory table that is located there (for EF6 and above, it's located directly under Tables). This will disable Migrations for good.