How to run Seed() method of Configuration class of migrations
Answering your first question. Create a Migration by running add-migration SeedOnly
Clear out all Up() and Down() code generated if there was any pending changes
public partial class SeedOnly : DbMigration
{
public override void Up()
{
}
public override void Down()
{
}
}
Then you can Target a Specific Migration by running update-database -TargetMigration SeedOnly in the Package Manager console
After research I finally found the workaround for this issue:
1) Make Configuration
public:
public sealed class Configuration : DbMigrationsConfiguration<YourContextClassHere>
2) Add the code below anywhere. It will run the latest migration and update your database:
Configuration configuration = new Configuration();
configuration.ContextType = typeof(YourContextClassHere);
var migrator = new DbMigrator(configuration);
//This will get the SQL script which will update the DB and write it to debug
var scriptor = new MigratorScriptingDecorator(migrator);
string script = scriptor.ScriptUpdate(sourceMigration: null, targetMigration: null).ToString();
Debug.Write(script);
//This will run the migration update script and will run Seed() method
migrator.Update();