Auto Create Database Tables from Objects, Entity Framework

Question

I am trying to do this tutorial http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/getting-started-with-aspnet-mvc3/getting-started-with-mvc3-part4-cs but instead of using the compact edition

Answer 1

I don't know if this is kosher, but using code-first EF, when I use AddRange, EF will typically create all the tables I've defined. I wanted to keep the database because there are other tables I wanted to keep between application runs. I discovered that the tables would not be re-created after they were deleted if I did not also delete the table EF created called __MigrationHistory.

Once I deleted this table, then EF would re-create the tables without having to re-create the database.

This may not be an advisable approach in production, but for my development needs this resolved my issue. Maybe it will help someone else.