Edmx File is not showing Diagram for DB first approach

Is there a way to export the .edmx diagram from VS2008 to Visio?

Some people want to see the DB structure and dont have VS, is there a way to do this? Or any other way to export it outside of a screencapture (it is a huge diagram)....Thank you.

Using multiple edmx file vs. one large edmx file?

I'm going to go against the grain here. I've built 2 large applications with EF now, one with a single edmx and one with several. There are pros and cons but generally I found life to be much easier with one edmx. The reason is that there is almost never a real separation of domains within an app, even if there appears to be from the start. New req...

Solutions with one EF6 model (db first) and one code first

Ok, got to the bottom of this. Basically if you share a connection across both contexts this does not work. However if you use a different connection for both it works....Thanks to Ben Robinson for pointing me in right direction.

EF - Code First approach: connection string and initializer are not being picked from app.config file

You are trying to add an app.config to your class library project... ...you can't... (see ...Can a class library have an App.config file?...). You need to add the app/web.config file to a project that can be started (i.e. the actual application).

How to generate EDMX file for EF6 in ASP.Net5 (Database first approach)

there are some tutorials that you can see in youtube :...ASP.NET MVC 5 Step by Step: Part 5 Entity Framework Database First...Use ASP.NET Identity on existing DB-Model PART 1...and ...this is one sample... of integration asp.net identity and EF Db First that I developed 2 years ago...you can use following method for generate .EDMX file in code firs...

ASP.NET Identity 2.0 DB First Approach: Adding new Columns

Identity uses Code First approach for making Identity System make customization as more as possible and you are using DB first approach for your common data access. So there are 2 contexts, one is for your data and other is for you Identity. You need to write ...Identity classes... and make a code first migration of Identity context class by typing...

Using Effort with EF6 in a DB First approach

I'm using the Model First approach with EF6 and I'm trying to use ...Entity Framework Effort... to develop in-memory tests....Here is what I do in my test:...var inMemoryConnection = Effort.DbConnectionFactory.CreateTransient("name=MyEntities"); var inMemoryContext = new MyEntities(inMemoryConnection); ...MyEntities:...public partial class MyEntiti...

How to generate .edmx.diagram file using edmgen.exe?

Short Answer...To make the ...edmx... designer show the diagrams, you can use either of the following options:...Having ...<Designers></Designers>... tag in ...edmx... file....Having ....edmx.designer... file with following contents and child of ....edmx... file:...<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <edmx:Edmx Version="3.0" xmlns:edmx="http://s...

Entity Framework DB updating but DB context not showing updates

Thanks to both Eric J and DevilSuichiro for helping me resolve my issue. The problem was that I should not have been trying to use the same DB context. By retrieving a new DB context instead of trying to reuse the same DB context I was able to verify my test results....Many thanks again.

change schema name at edmx file dynamically using entity framework 6 db first approach with Oracle DB

I found the solution by adding a helper class which will update the entity context files at run time by replacing the schema....I just followed the url ...EF6 Dynamic Schema Change..., which works well for me. I change the connection to use ORACLE, and called this 'connect' method from my service layer.