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I learnt that we need to add a new Database Migration to an asp project using the command.
dotnet ef migrations add ClientMigrations

The command works and a class file is generated in the Migrations folder.
However when I try to run the command
UPDATE DATABASE
in the PM CONSOLE then the Table creation command fails with this message
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations[20402]
      Applying migration '20230623163254_InitialCreate'.
Applying migration '20230623163254_InitialCreate'.
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Database.Command[20101]
      Executed DbCommand (0ms) [Parameters=[], CommandType='Text', CommandTimeout='30']
      CREATE TABLE "ClientMessages" (
          "Id" INTEGER NOT NULL CONSTRAINT "PK_ClientMessages" PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
          "Name" TEXT NOT NULL,
          "Message" TEXT NOT NULL,
          "Time" TEXT NOT NULL
      );
fail: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Database.Command[20102]
      Failed executing DbCommand (2ms) [Parameters=[], CommandType='Text', CommandTimeout='30']
      INSERT INTO "__EFMigrationsHistory" ("MigrationId", "ProductVersion")
      VALUES ('20230623163254_InitialCreate', '7.0.7');
Failed executing DbCommand (2ms) [Parameters=[], CommandType='Text', CommandTimeout='30']
INSERT INTO "__EFMigrationsHistory" ("MigrationId", "ProductVersion")
VALUES ('20230623163254_InitialCreate', '7.0.7');
Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteException (0x80004005): SQLite Error 1: 'no such table: __EFMigrationsHistory'.
   at Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteException.ThrowExceptionForRC(Int32 rc, sqlite3 db)
   at Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteCommand.PrepareAndEnumerateStatements(Stopwatch timer)+MoveNext()
   at Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteCommand.GetStatements(Stopwatch timer)+MoveNext()
   at Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteDataReader.NextResult()
   at Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
   at Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteCommand.ExecuteReader()
   at Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
   at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.RelationalCommand.ExecuteNonQuery(RelationalCommandParameterObject parameterObject)
   at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations.MigrationCommand.ExecuteNonQuery(IRelationalConnection connection, IReadOnlyDictionary`2 parameterValues)
   at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations.Internal.MigrationCommandExecutor.ExecuteNonQuery(IEnumerable`1 migrationCommands, IRelationalConnection connection)
   at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations.Internal.Migrator.Migrate(String targetMigration)
   at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.Internal.MigrationsOperations.UpdateDatabase(String targetMigration, String connectionString, String contextType)
   at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.OperationExecutor.UpdateDatabaseImpl(String targetMigration, String connectionString, String contextType)
   at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.OperationExecutor.UpdateDatabase.<>c__DisplayClass0_0.<.ctor>b__0()
   at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.OperationExecutor.OperationBase.Execute(Action action)
SQLite Error 1: 'no such table: __EFMigrationsHistory'.

Check the section below for the implementation details of my database context class and model.

What I have tried:

Dbctx.cs
C#
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
namespace ASPLearner.Models
{
    public class DbCtx : DbContext
    {
       public DbSet<ClientMessage> ClientMessages { get; set; }    

        //declare the constructor and invoke the super
        public DbCtx(DbContextOptions<DbCtx> options) : base(options) { 
        
        }
        //override the onmodelcreating and specify the table details
        protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
        {
            //map the model to a table
            modelBuilder.Entity<ClientMessage>().ToTable("ClientMessages");
        }
    }
    
}

CientMessage.cs
C#
namespace ASPLearner.Models
{
    public class ClientMessage
    {
        //the message needs a primary key mapper
        public int Id { get; set; } 
        //define the name and query of the client as properties
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public string Message { get; set; }
        //the date time when the request was made
        public DateTime Time { get; set; }  
    }
}

Code generated in the migration file
C#
<pre>using System;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;

#nullable disable

namespace ASPLearner.Migrations
{
    /// <inheritdoc />
    public partial class ClientMigrations : Migration
    {
        /// <inheritdoc />
        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
        {
            migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
                name: "ClientMessages",
                columns: table => new
                {
                    Id = table.Column<int>(type: "INTEGER", nullable: false)
                        .Annotation("Sqlite:Autoincrement", true),
                    Name = table.Column<string>(type: "TEXT", nullable: false),
                    Message = table.Column<string>(type: "TEXT", nullable: false),
                    Time = table.Column<DateTime>(type: "TEXT", nullable: false)
                },
                constraints: table =>
                {
                    table.PrimaryKey("PK_ClientMessages", x => x.Id);
                });
        }

        /// <inheritdoc />
        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
        {
            migrationBuilder.DropTable(
                name: "ClientMessages");
        }
    }
}

Help me get rid of that error so that my program creates the table in the database, Thanks
Posted
Updated 23-Jun-23 7:27am
v3
Comments
Dave Kreskowiak 23-Jun-23 12:39pm    
That's not the entire error message. That's just telling you the statement to add the migration data to the __EFMigrationsHistory table in the database failed. We need the complete error message, everything after the line you posted.
Tim the Gamer 23-Jun-23 12:42pm    
Updating the post with the full error message
Tim the Gamer 23-Jun-23 12:44pm    
post updated.
Dave Kreskowiak 23-Jun-23 13:03pm    
Delete the database from the server and run the UPDATE DATABASE command again.

It's telling you the database existed already, but it does not have the __EFMigrationsHistory table in it. This tells me you created the database by hand, or through some other process, and then tried to run your migration against it.
Tim the Gamer 23-Jun-23 13:05pm    
Okay deleting the database right way, will update you if it works.

1 solution

I fixed it by telling the sqlite where to write the database file by providing the Connection string in my json to look like below
{
  "ConnectionStrings": {
    "DefaultConnection": "Data Source=database.db"
  },
  "Logging": {
    "LogLevel": {
      "Default": "Information",
      "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
    }
  },
  "AllowedHosts": "*"
}

and then added a new database context in the Startup.cs file like
C#
var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
// Add services to the container.
builder.Services.AddRazorPages();
//get the configuration properties
var cfg = new ConfigurationBuilder()
    .SetBasePath(builder.Environment.ContentRootPath)
    .AddJsonFile("appsettings.json", optional: false, reloadOnChange: true)
    .AddJsonFile($"appsettings.{builder.Environment.EnvironmentName}.json", optional: true)
    .AddEnvironmentVariables()
    .Build();
//add sql lite database context to the project
builder.Services.AddDbContext<DbCtx>(options =>
{

    options.UseSqlite(cfg.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection"));
}); 
 
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