How to use MVC4 Migrations without using Entity Framework?

Question

How to use MVC4 Migrations without using Entity Framework? I would really like to use data migration, but I do not use Entity Framework. I am using dapper-dot-net.

Answer 1

Yes, you can use Migrations without using the Entity Framework. All Migrations takes care of the metadata that it uses to manage the database, and you need to use some EF elements to process them, but then you never need to use EF to actually access the database. This blog post details the process: http://weblogs.asp.net/fredriknormen/archive/2012/02/15/using-entity-framework-4-3-database-migration-for-any-project.aspx

Answer 2

Check out Insight.Database.Schema on NuGet. This gives you a lot of magic migration without the hassle of EF. I will be updating documents on github over the next few days.