Re: Asp.net 5 and EF6

On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 5:46 PM, FarjadFarid(ChkNet)
<farjad(dot)farid(at)checknetworks(dot)com> wrote:
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> Hi I am trying to use certain features of Asp.net 5 using postgresql using
> EF6.
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I think you can use EF6, but not with .NET Core. It's possible to use
Aap.net 5 without .NET Core.

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> I have downloaded the latest unstable version of npgsql and tried to connect
> to my db.

I think you can use the stable version. EF6 support is very stable.

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> But no luck.
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> I have posted a request to stackoverflow.com but haven’t had any response at
> all.
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> It is easy to connect to Sql Server using EF6 under asp.net 5.
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> So I would have thought as an interim measure until EF7 is ready which will
> be quite some time to come,
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> it should be possible to connect to postgresql using EF6.
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> Any ideas how?
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Just use this dependency in your project.json and "restore packages":

"dependencies": {
"EntityFramework6.Npgsql": "3.0.5",
...
}

The rest should be exactly the same as with SQL server.

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> Many thanks.