I have a Entity Framework model set up with text templates to generate the code. However, one of them creates the DBContext containing an OnModelCreating<
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Possibly your problem is that the connection string you're using is a standard SQL Server one rather than the Entity Framework one. See this answer.
You cannot use OnModelCreating when using model first (EDMX). OnModelCreating is only for scenarios without using EDMX.
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