Practical Entity Framework Core 6: Database Access for Enterprise Applications

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B. L. GormanPractical Entity Framework Core 6https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7301-2_2

2. Working with an Existing Database

Brian L. Gorman¹  

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Jesup, IA, USA

 

In this chapter, we are going to look at what it takes to get up and running with Entity Framework when our project already has an existing database. We’ll conclude the chapter with an activity to reverse-engineer an existing database in EFCore5 using .Net 6.

Reverse-engineering or database first

When working with an existing database, we have many options, and how we accomplish this task depends on what technology we are using. If we were working in the .Net Framework and using EF6, we would need ...