EF CTP4 - create tables, but not drop DB

Question

I have a single hosted SQL Server DB and I don't have permissions to drop it. How do I make EF create tables from my domain classes? RecreateDatabaseIfModelChanges and AlwaysRecreateDatabase try to drop DB, CreateDatabaseOnlyIfNotExists doesn't create the tables.

Thx

Answer 1

CreateDatabaseOnlyIfNotExists is the default strategy. It means you don't need to even set it through the Database.SetInitializer. EF Code First will check the database and if couldn't find one with the same name as your context's fully qualified name, it will create one for you.