Convert an ASP.NET Core Web Application project to use MySQL with Entity Framework.

This enables development of ASP.NET Core projects using VS Code on Mac OS X / macOS or linux targets.

This repository uses ASP.NET Core 2.0 Visual Studio 2017 ASP.NET Core Web Application project scaffold updated to use MySQL.

There is currently an issue with Oracle's MySQL connector and .NET Core 2.0. You may receive an error stating:

System.TypeLoadException occurred HResult=0x80131522 Message=Method 'Clone' in type

In the interim, I suggest using Pomelo, which can be installed by executing the following command:

$ dotnet add package Pomelo.EntityFrameworkCore.MySql --version 2.0.0-rtm-10062

Or, add the following line to your .csproj ItemGroup:

<PackageReference Include="Pomelo.EntityFrameworkCore.MySql" Version="2.0.0-rtm-10062" />

In your Startup.cs, remove these using statements:

// Remove these lines
using MySQL.Data.EntityFrameworkCore;
using MySQL.Data.EntityFrameworkCore.Extensions;

Then, change the casing of UseMySQL to UseMySql:

// This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to add services to the container.
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    // Add framework services.
    services.AddDbContext<ApplicationDbContext>(options =>
            options.UseMySql(Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection")));

After that, you should have full MySQL Entity Framework functionality with .NET Core 2.

Project setup has already been completed in this repository.

Below, instructions are referenced to use MySQL in a ASP.NET Core project.

Install the MySql.Data.EntityFrameworkCore NuGet package in the ASP.NET web application.

To do this, you can use the dotnet command line by executing:

$ dotnet add package MySql.Data.EntityFrameworkCore --version 8.0.8-dmr

Or, edit the project's .csproj file and add the following line in the PackageReference item group:

<PackageReference Include="MySql.Data.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="8.0.8-dmr" />

Configure connection string in project's appsettings.json, replacing the username, password, and database appropriately:

"ConnectionStrings":{
    "DefaultConnection":"server=localhost;userid=myusername;password=mypassword;database=mydatabase;"
},

Add using statements to Startup.cs source code:

using MySQL.Data.EntityFrameworkCore;
using MySQL.Data.EntityFrameworkCore.Extensions;

Then in the same file's ConfigureServices() method, replace the UseSqlite option with MySQL:

// This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to add services to the container.
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    // Add framework services.
    services.AddDbContext<ApplicationDbContext>(options =>
            options.UseMySQL(Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection")));

Before the solution can be executed, be sure to run entity framework migrations.

Running the dotnet ef fails initially as the __efmigrationshistory table doesn't exist. Until this is resolved by the Entity Framework migration tools, manually create the migrations history table in the MySQL database by executing the following SQL script.

use mydatabase;

CREATE TABLE `mydatabase`.`__EFMigrationsHistory` (
  `MigrationId` text NOT NULL,
  `ProductVersion` text NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`MigrationId`(255)));

Execute the following comment inside the project directory, where the project.json file is located:

$ dotnet ef database update

After running the migration, the database is created and web application is ready to be run.