“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

Also if you work with MySQL on Windows - recreating model may also wont help. Schema is somehow cached in MySQL. So if model is not updated even after recreation try to restart MySQL service and VS to be sure. After that model should be successfully updated.