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

As @Johann says, the ConditionalAttribute is probably the cleanes solution here:

[Conditional("DEBUG")]
private void InitializeDb()
{
    // Initializer code here
    // DropCreateDatabaseOnModelChange
}

and in Global.asax:

public void Application_Start // or wherever it is you're initializing
{
    // This will only be called if the DEBUG constant is defined
    InitializeDb();
}