Introduction

While our default templates are designed to work with SQL Server, you can easily modify them to work with MySql. In order to do that, you need to follow these steps.

Download Project

Go to http://aspnetboilerplate.com/Templates and download a new project. Select ASP.NET MVC 5.x tab and don't forget to select Entity Framework.

Install MySql.Data.Entity/MySql.Data.EntityFramework

Into your .EntityFramework and .Web projects you need to install MySql.Data.EntityFramework NuGet package, if you use a MySql Connector/NET 8.0.x or higher; MySql.Data.Entity NuGet package, if you use an older MySql Connector/NET.

Make changes in app.config/web.config file(s)

Note: installing the NuGet package into your .Web project should make the necessary changes in your web.config file. By the way, check it has been modified in this way:

• the <entityFramework> tag to:

  • For older MsSql connector: <entityFramework codeConfigurationType="MySql.Data.Entity.MySqlEFConfiguration, MySql.Data.Entity">
  • For MsSql connector/NET 8.0+: <entityFramework codeConfigurationType="MySql.Data.EntityFramework.MySqlEFConfiguration, MySql.Data.EntityFramework">

• the <provider> tag to:

  • For older MsSql connector: <provider invariantName="MySql.Data.MySqlClient" type="MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlProviderServices, MySql.Data.Entity" />
  • For MsSql connector/NET 8.0+: <provider invariantName="MySql.Data.MySqlClient" type="MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlProviderServices, MySql.Data.EntityFramework" />

• You need to change your connection string in the web.config file in order to work with your MySql database. An example connection string would be:

Configure the EF migration

Open your DbContext's configuration class (Configuration.cs) and place the following code in it's constructor

SetSqlGenerator("MySql.Data.MySqlClient", new MySql.Data.Entity.MySqlMigrationSqlGenerator());

Re-generate the migrations

If you choose "Include login, register, user, role and tenant management pages" while downloading your startup template, there will be some migration files included in your project. These files are generated for Sql Server. Delete all the migration files in your .EntityFramework project under the Migrations folder. Migration files start with a timestamp. A migration file name should look like this "201506210746108_AbpZero_Initial"

After deleting all the migration files, select your .Web project as the startup project, open Visual Studio's Package Manager Console and select the .EntityFramework project as the default project in the Package Manager Console. Then run the following command to add a migration for MySql.

Add-Migration "AbpZero_Initial"

Now you can create your database using the following command

Update-Database

That's it! You can now run your project with MySql.

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