SQLite CodeFirst (With Migrations)

Creates and update a SQLite Database from Code, using Entity Framework CodeFirst and Migrations.

Features

This Project ships several IDbInitializer classes. These create new SQLite Databases based on your model/code.

The following features are supported:

Tables from classes (supported annotations: Table)
Columns from properties (supported annotations: Column, Key, MaxLength, Required, NotMapped, DatabaseGenerated, Index)
PrimaryKey constraint (Key annotation, key composites are supported)
ForeignKey constraint (1-n relationships, support for 'Cascade on delete')
Not Null constraint
Auto increment (An int PrimaryKey will automatically be incremented and you can explicit set the "AUTOINCREMENT" constraint to a PrimaryKey using the Autoincrement-Attribute)
Index (Decorate columns with the Index attribute. Indices are automatically created for foreign keys by default. To prevent this you can remove the convention ForeignKeyIndexConvention)
Unique constraint (Decorate columns with the UniqueAttribute, which is part of this library)
Collate constraint (Decorate columns with the CollateAttribute, which is part of this library. Use CollationFunction.Custom to specify a own collation function.)
SQL default value (Decorate columns with the SqlDefaultValueAttribute, which is part of this library)

Install

Either get the assembly from the latest GitHub Release Page or install the NuGet-Package SQLite.CodeFirst (PM> Install-Package SQLite.CodeFirst).

The project is built to target .NET framework versions 4.0 and 4.5. You can use the SQLite CodeFirst in projects that target the following frameworks:

.NET 4.0 (use net40)
.NET 4.5 (use net45)
.NET 4.5.1 (use net45)
.NET 4.5.2 (use net45)
.NET 4.6 (use net45)
.NET 4.6.1 (use net45)
.NET 4.6.2 (use net45)
.NET 4.7 (use net45)
.NET 4.7.1 (use net45)

How to use

The functionality is exposed by using implementations of the IDbInitializer<> interface. Depending on your need, you can choose from the following initializers:

SqliteCreateDatabaseIfNotExists
SqliteDropCreateDatabaseAlways
SqliteDropCreateDatabaseWhenModelChanges
SqliteMigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion

If you want to have more control, you can use the SqliteDatabaseCreator (implements IDatabaseCreator) which lets you control the creation of the SQLite database. Or for even more control, use the SqliteSqlGenerator (implements ISqlGenerator), which lets you generate the SQL code based on your EdmModel.

When you want to let the Entity Framework create database if it does not exist, just set SqliteDropCreateDatabaseAlways<> or SqliteCreateDatabaseIfNotExists<> as your IDbInitializer<>.

When using Migrations feature you will always use SqliteMigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion<>.

Know issue with Migrations: Entity Framework 6.2.0 has an initialization bug with Sqlite and some other databases. It already was fixed to EF 6.3. When you need to create a new migration change using command Add-Migration you will need to downgrade EF to version 6.1.3 until EF 6.3 is not released.

Initializer Sample

public class MyDbContext : DbContext
{
    public MyDbContext()
        : base("ConnectionStringName") { }
  
    protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
    {
        var sqliteConnectionInitializer = new SqliteCreateDatabaseIfNotExists<MyDbContext>(modelBuilder);
        Database.SetInitializer(sqliteConnectionInitializer);
    }
}

Notice that the SqliteDropCreateDatabaseWhenModelChanges<> initializer will create a additional table in your database. This table is used to store some information to detect model changes. If you want to use a own entity/table you can implement the IHistory interface and pass the type of your entity as parameter in the to the constructor from the initializer.

In a more advanced scenario, you may want to populate some core- or test-data after the database was created. To do this, inherit from SqliteDropCreateDatabaseAlways<>, SqliteCreateDatabaseIfNotExists<> or SqliteDropCreateDatabaseWhenModelChanges<> and override the Seed(MyDbContext context) function. This function will be called in a transaction once the database was created. This function is only executed if a new database was successfully created.

public class MyDbContextInitializer : SqliteDropCreateDatabaseAlways<MyDbContext>
{
    public MyDbContextInitializer(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
        : base(modelBuilder) { }

    protected override void Seed(MyDbContext context)
    {
        context.Set<Player>().Add(new Player());
    }
}

SqliteDatabaseCreator Sample

public class MyContext : DbContext
{
    protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
    {
        var model = modelBuilder.Build(Database.Connection);
        IDatabaseCreator sqliteDatabaseCreator = new SqliteDatabaseCreator();
        sqliteDatabaseCreator.Create(Database, model);
    }
}

SqliteSqlGenerator Sample

public class MyContext : DbContext
{
    protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
    {
        var model = modelBuilder.Build(Database.Connection);
        ISqlGenerator sqlGenerator = new SqliteSqlGenerator();
        string sql = sqlGenerator.Generate(model.StoreModel);
    }
}

SqliteMigrationSqlGenerator Sample

public class MyContext : DbContext
{
    protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
    {
        Database.SetInitializer(new SqliteMigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion<MyContext, Migrations.Configuration>(modelBuilder, true));
    }
}

internal sealed class Configuration : DbMigrationsConfiguration<MyContext>
{
    public Configuration()
    {
        AutomaticMigrationsEnabled = true;

        // This command alter the class to support Migration to SQLite. 
        SetSqlGenerator("System.Data.SQLite", new SqliteMigrationSqlGenerator());
    }

    protected override void Seed(MyContext context)
    {
        //  This method will be called after migrating to the latest version.
    }
}

Structure

I tried to write the code in a extensible way. The logic is divided into two main parts, Builder and Statement. The Builder knows how to translate the EdmModel into statements where a statement class creates the SQLite-DDL-Code. The structure of the statements is influenced by the SQLite Language Specification. You will find an extensive usage of the composite pattern.

Hints

If you try to reinstall the NuGet-Packages (e.g. if you want to downgrade to .NET 4.0), the app.config will be overwritten and you may getting an exception when you try to run the console project. In this case please check the following issue: msallin#13.

Pay attention when running Migrations routines because Sqlite does not support some SQL commands suggested by the Entity Framework. For example, to rename a column will be suggested to run Rename("dbo.table_name", "old_column_name", "new_column_name"). However Sqlite does not support column rename command!

When creating a new Migrations change may you need to inform StringConnection property to Migration, like this: Add-Migration MyChangeName -ConnectionString "Data Source='C:\path_to_your_database\footballDb.sqlite';" -ConnectionProviderName "System.Data.SQLite"

Recognition

I started with the code from flaub.

Migrations uses a code started by Julio C. Borges and upgraded by digocesar.

digocesar/SQLiteCodeFirst