How to reference a disk file during a code-first migration Seed method?

Asked Nov 23 '13 at 16:36

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I am using ASP.Net MVC5 and Entity Framework with code-first migrations.

During the Seed method for my migration Configuration class, I want to access a read from a data file I have in my project. How can I specify the path so that it will be found both in development and deployment?

The following does not work (of course).

    protected override void Seed(ApplicationDbContext context)
    {
         BinaryFormatter serializer = new BinaryFormatter();
         using (Stream binaryStream = File.OpenRead("Data/seed.bin"))
         {
            ...
         }
        context.SaveChanges();
    }

asked Nov 23 '13 at 16:36

Toby Sharp

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An alternative idea: put it in as a resource. – Daniel A. White Nov 23 '13 at 16:38
I used the answer here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19323437/how-to-get-file-path-in-entity-framework-seed-method-without-httpcontext-execut/20070329#20070329 – Toby Sharp Nov 23 '13 at 18:10

How to reference a disk file during a code-first migration Seed method?

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