Seed initial data in Entity Framework 7 RC 1 and ASP.NET MVC 6 [duplicate]

Answer 1

From EF/MVC intro, just :

1. dependency-inject your DbContext (SchoolContext below) directly into Startup.Configure()*
2. pass your DbContext to a function (DbInitializer.Initialize below) which does something like:
   1. ensure Database is created or that it's migrated; context.Database.EnsureCreated(); consider context.Database.Migrate();
   2. returns if already seeded if (context.Students.Any()) { return; }
   3. else seed context.Students.Add({...}); context.SaveChanges();

Like here:

public void Configure(..., ..., SchoolContext context)
{

    ...
    DbInitializer.Initialize(context);
}

...

public static class DbInitializer
{
    public static void Initialize(SchoolContext context)
    {
        context.Database.EnsureCreated();

        // Look for any students.
        if (context.Students.Any())
        {
            return;   // DB has been seeded
        }

        var students = new Student[]
        {
            new Student{FirstMidName="Carson",LastName="Alexander",EnrollmentDate=DateTime.Parse("2005-09-01")}, ...
        };
        foreach (Student s in students)
        {
            context.Students.Add(s);
        }
        context.SaveChanges();
        ...

*Dependency-injecting into Startup.Configure() is why my answer is worthy (even though another answer is already accepted.)

1. Dependency-injecting your DbContext into Startup.Configure() is done in EF/MVC Intro
2. No other answer here just dependency-injects into Configure; they either GetService() and/or GetRequiredService(), or instantiate a new DbContext. You may not need that much code. Then again, you may need that much code, (i.e. if the Dependency-Injected DbContext was disposed, which is where the GetService() is necessary to create a new Scope.. Please downvote/edit/comment if I'm mistaken about something.