“Update Model from Database” does not see a type change

Question

I have several columns that I changed from Int to BigInt.

I opened up my EF model and did an \'Update Model from Database\' and expected to see those columns now be

Answer 1

Unfortunately, you'll need to delete the items from your model and then add them back in - at least that's the only thing I have managed to get working.

There is at least one third-party tool that is supposed to help with this, but have not tried it personally.