Getting code-first Entity Framework to build tables on SQL Azure

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Published on 2012-03-29T11:27:37Z Indexed on 2012/03/29 11:29 UTC
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I am new the code-first Entity Framework.

I have tried a few things now, but can't get EF to construct any tables in the my SQL Azure database. Can anyone advise of some steps and settings I should check.

The membership provider has no problems create it's tables.

I have added the PersistSecurityInfo=True in the connection string. The connection string is using the main user account for the server.

When I implement the tables in the database using sql everything works fine.

I have the following in the WebRole.cs

            //Initialize the database
        Database.SetInitializer<ReykerSCPContext>(new DbInitializer());

My DbInitializer (which does not get run before I get a "Invalid object name 'dbo.ClientAccountIFAs'." when I try to access the table for the first time. Sometime after startup.

    public class DbInitializer:DropCreateDatabaseIfModelChanges<ReykerSCPContext>
{
    protected override void Seed(ReykerSCPContext context)
    {
        using (context)
        {
            //Add Doc Types
            context.DocTypes.Add(new DocType() { DocTypeId = 1, Description = "Statement" });
            context.DocTypes.Add(new DocType() { DocTypeId = 2, Description = "Contract note" });
            context.DocTypes.Add(new DocType() { DocTypeId = 3, Description = "Notification" });
            context.DocTypes.Add(new DocType() { DocTypeId = 4, Description = "Invoice" });
            context.DocTypes.Add(new DocType() { DocTypeId = 5, Description = "Document" });
            context.DocTypes.Add(new DocType() { DocTypeId = 6, Description = "Newsletter" });
            context.DocTypes.Add(new DocType() { DocTypeId = 7, Description = "Terms and Conditions" });


            //Add ReykerAccounttypes
            context.ReykerAccountTypes.Add(new ReykerAccountType() { ReykerAccountTypeID = 1, Description = "ISA" });
            context.ReykerAccountTypes.Add(new ReykerAccountType() { ReykerAccountTypeID = 2, Description = "Trading" });
            context.ReykerAccountTypes.Add(new ReykerAccountType() { ReykerAccountTypeID = 3, Description = "SIPP" });
            context.ReykerAccountTypes.Add(new ReykerAccountType() { ReykerAccountTypeID = 4, Description = "CTF" });
            context.ReykerAccountTypes.Add(new ReykerAccountType() { ReykerAccountTypeID = 5, Description = "JISA" });
            context.ReykerAccountTypes.Add(new ReykerAccountType() { ReykerAccountTypeID = 6, Description = "Direct" });
            context.ReykerAccountTypes.Add(new ReykerAccountType() { ReykerAccountTypeID = 7, Description = "ISA & Direct" });

            //Save the changes
            context.SaveChanges();
        }

and my DBContext class looks like public class ReykerSCPContext : DbContext { //set the connection explicitly public ReykerSCPContext():base("ReykerSCPContext"){}

    //define tables
    public DbSet<ClientAccountIFA> ClientAccountIFAs { get; set; }
    public DbSet<Document> Documents { get; set; }
    public DbSet<DocType> DocTypes { get; set; }
    public DbSet<ReykerAccountType> ReykerAccountTypes { get; set; }

    protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
    {
        //Runs when creating the model. Can use to define special relationships, such as many-to-many.

    }

The code used to access the is

        public List<ClientAccountIFA> GetAllClientAccountIFAs()
    {
        using (DataContext)
        {

            var caiCollection = from c in DataContext.ClientAccountIFAs
                                select c;

            return caiCollection.ToList();
        }
    }

and it errors on the last line. Help!

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