I have the following simple model that is implemented in the Code First approach. Department and courses are related to each other. A department can have many courses, while a course can belong to exactly one department. Here is a model.
public class Department
{
public int DepartmentId { get; set; }
public string Title { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<Course> Courses { get; set; }
}
public class Course
{
public int CourseId { get; set; }
public string Title { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
public int DepartmentId { get; set; }
public virtual Department Department { get; set; }
}
My problem is that I want to mince them. I want at least 5 values in my Seed function. Here is the function of Seed.
public class DataInitializer : DropCreateDatabaseIfModelChanges<StudentRecordContext>
{
protected override void Seed(StudentRecordContext context)
{
var departments = new List<Department>
{
new Department { DepartmentId = 1, Title = "English", Description ="English Department", Courses = new List<Course>() },
new Department { DepartmentId= 2,Title = "Chemistry", Description ="chemistry department", Courses = new List<Course>() },
new Department { DepartmentId= 3,Title = "Mahematics", Description ="mathematics department", Courses = new List<Course>() },
new Department { DepartmentId= 4,Title = "Philosophy", Description ="philosophy department", Courses = new List<Course>() },
new Department { DepartmentId= 5,Title = "Biology", Description ="biology department", Courses = new List<Course>() }
};
departments.ForEach( t => context.Departments.Add(t));
context.SaveChanges();
var courses = new List<Course>
{
new Course { CourseId = 1055, Title = "Classic English", Description = "Some Description", DepartmentId = 1 },
new Course { CourseId = 2055, Title = "Applied Chemistry", Description = "Some Description", DepartmentId = 2 },
new Course { CourseId = 2056, Title = "Applied Mathematics", Description = "Some Description", DepartmentId = 3 },
new Course { CourseId = 3041, Title = "MetaPhysics", Description = "Some Description", DepartmentId = 4 },
new Course { CourseId = 3024, Title = "Molecular Biology", Description = "Some Description", DepartmentId = 5 },
};
courses.ForEach(t => context.Courses.Add(t));
context.SaveChanges();
but it does not work. I am new to EF and Code First ... and timing ahead ... Can someone help me please how to choose the right DB saddle.