How do I enable migrations in EF, VS2013

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I'm running through the tutorial @ ASP.Net "Contoso University" and my Package Manager Console does not allow me to "Enable-Migrations".

This is the command I'm typing in:

enable-migrations -ContextTypeName ContosoUniversityModelBinding.Models.SchoolContext

This is the message I'm getting from the Package Manager Console:

The context type 'ContosoUniversityModelBinding.Models.SchoolContext' was not found in the assembly 'ContosoUniversityModelBinding'.

I've followed every instruction in the tutorial. Please help. I cannot find any information on the web about this.

Posted 24-Sep-14 8:23am

Branden Coker

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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan 24-Sep-14 14:46pm

Did you create that object "SchoolContext" before migrating?

Branden Coker 24-Sep-14 15:14pm

I created the Model class which houses three classes (Student, Enrollment, Course). After I constructed the class I tried the migration and that is when it failed. I did not however create a SchoolContext as it was not in the tutorial.

I believe this is the complete tutorial and I would imagine they wouldn't skip anything like that being Microsoft but maybe I should run through it again. Thank you for your suggestion. I'll check it out.

Branden Coker 24-Sep-14 15:27pm

I was just "fine-tooth combing" my code and I did find that I missed typing in the Context. Thank you for your help. I'll know in the future where the error was made and sorry to waste your time.

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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-24T09:19:00

The error in your code, is that you have not created the "SchoolContext" which you are passing as a value to the enable-migrations command. Which is a required one.

Please create one, or if (as you've already mentioned) are following the tutorial, then first atleast try to follow them on the way. And then, create your own framework to work with. The first step however, will be to follow the tutorial. They will explain how the stuff works in the code.