Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer 3.0.0-preview.19074.3

Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer is Microsoft SQL Server EF Core Database Provider, which enables you to use Entity Framework Core with Microsoft SQL Server (including Azure SQL Database).

Getting started

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Prerequisites

• Supported database Engines: Microsoft SQL Server (2012 onwards)
• The provider references Microsoft.Data.SqlClient (not System.Data.SqlClient). If your project takes a direct dependency on SqlClient, make sure it references the Microsoft.Data.SqlClient package.

Usage

Once you've installed the package, you can use it in your Entity Framework Core application by specifying the SQL Server provider in your DbContext's OnConfiguring method:

protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
{
    optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer("Server=(localdb)\\mssqllocaldb;Database=MyDatabase;Trusted_Connection=True;");
}

In this example, we're using the (localdb)\mssqllocaldb server with the MyDatabase database. You'll need to adjust the connection string to match your own SQL Server instance and database.

Features

The SQL Server provider for Entity Framework Core supports a variety of features, including:

• Basic CRUD operations
• Transactions
• Stored procedures
• Views
• Table-valued functions
• Identity columns
• In-memory tables

Additional documentation

For more information on using the SQL Server provider for Entity Framework Core, you can refer to the official documentation.

Feedback

If you encounter a bug or would like to request a feature, submit an Github issue. For more details, see getting support.