Code-first migration: How to set default value for new property?
Hope it helps someone. Putting everything together from previous answers (example using a boolean property):
1) Add a new property to the entity.
/// <summary>
/// Determines if user is enabled or not. Default value is true
/// </summary>
public bool IsEnabled { get; set; }
2) Run the command below to add the new change in the migrations.
add-migration addIsEnabledColumn
3) A migration file is created from the command above, open that file.
4) Set the default value.
public override void Up()
{
AddColumn(
"dbo.AspNetUsers",
"IsEnabled",
c => c.Boolean(
nullable: false,
defaultValue: true
)
);
}
If you see the generated migration code you will see AddColumn
AddColumn("dbo.report", "newProperty", c => c.String(nullable: false));
You can add defaultValue
AddColumn("dbo.report", "newProperty",
c => c.String(nullable: false, defaultValue: "old"));
Or add defaultValueSql
AddColumn("dbo.report", "newProperty",
c => c.String(nullable: false, defaultValueSql: "GETDATE()"));