Entity Framework -Update-Database- Does not create Database - asp.net-mvc

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Visual Studio 2013
I am trying to learn asp.net MVC over at PluralSight. I created a project(dll) called eManagr.Domain with the following classes:
Department / Employee / IDepartmentDatasource
Department.cs
public class Department
{
public virtual int Id { get; set; }
public virtual string Name { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<Employee> Employees { get; set; }
}
Employee.cs
public class Employee
{
public virtual int Id { get; set; }
public virtual string Name { get; set; }
}
IDepartmentDataSource
public interface IDepartmentDataSource
{
IQueryable<Employee> Employees { get; }
IQueryable<Department> Departments { get; }
}
I created an infrastructure folder with the following file : DepartmentDb.cs
public class DepartmentDb : DbContext, IDepartmentDataSource
{
public DbSet<Employee> Employees {get; set;}
public DbSet<Department> Departments {get; set;}
IQueryable<Employee> IDepartmentDataSource.Employees
{
get { return Employees; }
}
IQueryable<Department> IDepartmentDataSource.Departments
{
get { return Departments; }
}
}
I then created another project using MVC 4 called eManager.Web with Internet Template during the creation of the project.
When running Enable-Migration it says I have two[eWeb.Domain , eWeb.Model.Users] which then I tell it Enable-Migration with the following command:
Enable-Migration -ContextTypeName DepartmentDb
which creates the migration folder and a file called Configurations.cs
public Configuration()
{
AutomaticMigrationsEnabled = true;
}
protected override void Seed(eManager.Web.Infrastructure.DepartmentDb context)
{
context.Departments.AddOrUpdate(t => t.Name,
new Department() { Name="Engineering"},
new Department() { Name = "Sales" },
new Department() { Name = "Shipping" },
new Department() { Name = "HR" }
);
}
EDIT -- Connection String from Web.Config --
<add name="DefaultConnection" connectionString="Data Source=(LocalDb)\v11.0;Initial Catalog=aspnet-eManager.Web-20140216202751;Integrated Security=SSPI;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|\aspnet-eManager.Web-20140216202751.mdf" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
When I run the following I get the following reponse:
PM> update-database
Specify the '-Verbose' flag to view the SQL statements being applied to the target database.
No pending code-based migrations.
Running Seed method.
PM>
After this runs, I suppose to see a database file in my App_Data but it does not exist and when I use SQL Server Object Explorer, the database is not created even though that is what I am trying to do.

Answer 1

Could you provide your connection string from Web.config?
Also, is there a Data Connection (Server Explorer -> Data Connections) named the same as your connection String?
I think, adding a parameter-less constructor to your DepartmentDb context class could solve your problem
public DepartmentDb ()
: base("name=DefaultConnection")
Where name=DefaultConnection has to be your connection string name

Answer 2

I noticed that you enabled your migration in the correct way, have you run:
add-migration "give it a name" ?
once this has been completed you will notice a new file in the migrations folder.
you wont be able to update database with out creating a new migration.

Answer 3

I just ran into something very similar. I encountered it when I was going through the following ASP.NET MVC tutorial:
https://www.asp.net/mvc/overview/older-versions/getting-started-with-ef-5-using-mvc-4/creating-an-entity-framework-data-model-for-an-asp-net-mvc-application
In my case, the problem seemed to be that I already had a database table of that name. I had gone through the tutorial partway previously about a month ago, but was interrupted and had to abort. Even though I deleted the entire Project, it seemed that the database table name may have been retained.
I say seemed to be, because the problem disappeared with the following solution: after a 2nd delete of the project, I carefully substituted 'Contoso' for 'ContosoUniversity' in every relevant situation.
Before the problem was solved, I was repeatedly getting the (0x80131904-error) in the Package Manager Console when trying to update-database, and a notice that the mdf file could not be connected to the database. However, when I checked the appropriate directory, the mdf file was not even being created.
FYI For beginning MVC-ers in Visual Studio 2012, I do recommend going through the following MVC tutorial before the one above.
https://www.asp.net/mvc/overview/older-versions/getting-started-with-aspnet-mvc4/intro-to-aspnet-mvc-4
A MVC5 Visual Studio 2013 version is also available through that link.
The tutorial of the first paragraph makes a few jumps...
I could not have debugged the issue if I'd started with the EF5 tutorial as my first MVC project.