Set database collation in Entity Framework Code-First Initializer

Question

I want to set the default collation for a database, when Entity Framework Code First creates it.

I\'ve tried the following:

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Answer 1

My solution with EFCore was to derive from the SqlServerMigrationsSqlGenerator and override Generate(SqlServerCreateDatabaseOperation, IModel, MigrationCommandListBuilder)

    internal class CustomSqlServerMigrationsSqlGenerator : SqlServerMigrationsSqlGenerator
    {
        internal const string DatabaseCollationName = "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AI";

        public CustomSqlServerMigrationsSqlGenerator(
            MigrationsSqlGeneratorDependencies dependencies,
            IMigrationsAnnotationProvider migrationsAnnotations)
        : base(dependencies, migrationsAnnotations)
        {
        }

        protected override void Generate(
            SqlServerCreateDatabaseOperation operation,
            IModel model,
            MigrationCommandListBuilder builder)
        {
            base.Generate(operation, model, builder);

            if (DatabaseCollationName != null)
            {
                builder
                    .Append("ALTER DATABASE ")
                    .Append(Dependencies.SqlGenerationHelper.DelimitIdentifier(operation.Name))
                    .Append(" COLLATE ")
                    .Append(DatabaseCollationName)
                    .AppendLine(Dependencies.SqlGenerationHelper.StatementTerminator)
                    .EndCommand(suppressTransaction: true);
            }
        }
    }

    protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
    {
        base.OnConfiguring(optionsBuilder);
        optionsBuilder.ReplaceService();
    }

then used it in the DbContext by replacing the IMigrationsSqlGenerator service

public class MyDbContext : DbContext
{
    //...

    protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
    {
        base.OnConfiguring(optionsBuilder);
        optionsBuilder.ReplaceService();
    }

    //...
}