Entity Framework 4.1 The model backing the context has changed since the database was created, immediately after creating DB

Question

I am working on a project which uses Entity Framework 4.1 for persisting our various objects to the database (code first).

I am testing in Visual Studio with a local

Answer 1

This can happen due to reflection ordering differences across different platforms. To verify, you can use the EdmxWriter API to compare the EDMX from both environments. If any of the tables have different column ordering, then this is the issue.

To workaround, you can change the way your test database gets updated such that it is updated from your test server rather than your local box.

We are going to fix this issue in the next release.