How do I allow the EF4 CodeFirst database initializer to run under development, but not run in production

Question

I am attempting to deploy my first alpha version of a system online for a few people to start using. On development I make heavy use of the DropCreateDatabaseOnModelC

Answer 1

You can always create a new Configuration (in addition to Debug and Release). You would then define a Conditional Compilation Symbol for the new configuration. For example if I created a new configuration called LocalDebug (with the same settings at the default debug) I would then add LOCALDEBUG to the Conditional Compilation Symbols. With this defined you can use:

#if LOCALDEBUG
  //do database stuff
#endif

Then you can still deploy the built in debug configuration and this section will not fire.