How to add new table in NopCommerce?

Question

I am using NopCommerce.

How can I create new table in NopCommerce?

I have followed these steps.

1. Create The Entity Class (e.g Entity.cs)

   Path : Nop/Core/Domain/Entity.cs

2. Create The Mapping Class (e.g EntityMap.cs)

   Path : Nop/Data/Mapping/EntityMap.cs

3. Create a Model for MVC (e.g EntityModel.cs)

   Path : Nop/Admin/Models/EntityModel.cs OR Nop/Web/Models/EntityModel.cs

4. Create a validator for model (e.g EntityValidator.cs)

   Path : Nop/Admin/Validators/EntityValidator.cs OR Nop/Web/Validators/EntityValidator.cs

5. Create A Mapping Configuration On AutoMapperStartupTask.cs for Entity and Model

   Path : Nop/Admin/Infrastructure OR Nop/Web/Infrastructure

6. Apply Mapping between Model and Entity on MappingExtensions.cs

   Path : Nop/Admin OR Nop/Web

7. Create a service class and service interface (e.g EntityService.cs , IEntityService.cs)

   Path : Nop/Services/EntityService.cs AND Nop/Services/IEntityService.cs

8. Finally Create Controller and View for given model

But new table is not created. so what should be problem?

Answer 1

I think you have found above thing at

http://pl-developer.blogspot.in/2013/02/how-to-add-new-table-with-model-map-to.html

Below blogger has written

as Nop Commerce uses the very first release of MVC3, database migration is not supported and you must make changes to database tables by hand. Because MVC code-first must drop and recreate your database for reflecting changes to your database.

Answer 2

Open this path ~\Nop.Web.Framework and open DependencyRegistrar.cs and register your service and interface like this

// UserMaster
builder.RegisterType<EntityService>().As<IEntityService ().InstancePerLifetimeScope();

Create table in NopCommerce database and give name "Entity".

Note: Manually create table in database is necessary.

Finally create new controller and its View

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