Wiele baz danych z nieznacznie zmieniającymi się modelami. Jak zezwolić Entity Framework na usuwanie kolumn w czasie wykonywania?

Ok, więc zbudowałem tę paskudną rzecz, która pozwala usuwać kolumny z tabel w czasie wykonywania.

1. Będziesz musiał dodać przeciążenie konstruktora do swojego DbContext (*.edmx ->*.Context.tt ->*.Context.cs ) jak:

public partial class EcomEntities : DbContext
{
    public EcomEntities(DbConnection connection)
        : base(connection, true)
    {
    }

    public EcomEntities(string connectionString)
        : base(connectionString)
    {
    }

2. Będziesz potrzebować zmieniacza połączenia z bazą danych (jestem tutaj wyraźnie zakodowanymi parametrami dla jasności, normalnie można je uzyskać z SystemToDatabaseMapping ). ColumnsToRemove zawiera nazwy tabel i kolumn, które należy usunąć, EF connectionString jest własny objaśnienie .

public void ChangeConnection(SystemToDatabaseMapping systemToDatabaseMapping)
{  
    if (systemToDatabaseMapping.ColumnsToRemove != null)
        {
            var entityConnection = EntityConnectionExtensions.Create(
                new List<ColumnsToRemove> { new ColumnsToRemove("QUOTE_HOUSE", "UPRN"), new ColumnsToRemove("QUOTE_HOUSE", "INSIGHT_DATA") },
                systemToDatabaseMapping.ConnectionString);
            this.Ecom = new EcomEntities(entityConnection);
        }
        else
        {
            this.Ecom = new EcomEntities(systemToDatabaseMapping.ConnectionString);
        }
 ....
}

A potem facet, który faktycznie robi paskudne rzeczy, takie jak usuwanie węzłów z plików xmls mapowania encji, zanim przekaże je do MetadataWorkspace

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data.Common;
using System.Data.Entity.Core.EntityClient;
using System.Data.Entity.Core.Mapping;
using System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Linq;

public static class EntityConnectionExtensions
{
    public static IEnumerable<XElement> ElementsAnyNS<T>(this IEnumerable<T> source, string localName)
        where T : XContainer
    {
        return source.Elements().Where(e => e.Name.LocalName == localName);
    }

    public static IEnumerable<XElement> ElementsAnyNS(this XContainer source, string localName)
    {
        return source.Elements().Where(e => e.Name.LocalName == localName);
    }

    private static void RemoveNodes(XElement element, List<ColumnsToRemove> tableAndColumn)
    {
        if (element.Attribute("Name") != null && tableAndColumn.Any(oo => oo.Table == element.Attribute("Name").Value) ||
            element.Attribute("StoreEntitySet") != null && tableAndColumn.Any(oo => oo.Table == element.Attribute("StoreEntitySet").Value))
        {
            var matchingSelectParts = tableAndColumn.Where(oo => element.Value.Contains(string.Format("\"{0}\".\"{1}\" AS \"{1}\"", oo.Table, oo.Column))).ToList();
            if (matchingSelectParts.Any())
            {
                foreach (var matchingSelectPart in matchingSelectParts)
                {
                    var definingQuery = element.ElementsAnyNS("DefiningQuery").Single();
                    definingQuery.Value = definingQuery.Value.Replace(string.Format(", \n\"{0}\".\"{1}\" AS \"{1}\"", matchingSelectPart.Table, matchingSelectPart.Column), "");
                }
            }
            else
            {
                var nodes = element.Nodes()
                    .Where(o =>
                        o is XElement
                        && ((XElement) o).Attribute("Name") != null
                        && tableAndColumn.Any(oo => ((XElement) o).Attribute("Name").Value == oo.Column));
                foreach (var node in nodes.ToList())
                {
                    node.Remove();
                }
            }
        }
    }

    public static EntityConnection Create(List<ColumnsToRemove> tablesAndColumns, string connString)
    {
        var modelNameRegex = new Regex(@".*metadata=res:\/\/\*\/([a-zA-Z.]*).csdl|.*");
        var model = modelNameRegex.Matches(connString).Cast<Match>().SelectMany(o => o.Groups.Cast<Group>().Skip(1).Where(oo => oo.Value != "")).Select(o => o.Value).First();

        var conceptualReader = XmlReader.Create(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream(model + ".csdl"));
        var mappingReader = XmlReader.Create(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream(model + ".msl"));
        var storageReader = XmlReader.Create(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream(model + ".ssdl"));

        var conceptualXml = XElement.Load(conceptualReader);
        var mappingXml = XElement.Load(mappingReader);
        var storageXml = XElement.Load(storageReader);

        foreach (var entitySet in new[] {storageXml, conceptualXml}.SelectMany(xml => xml.Elements()))
        {
            if (entitySet.Attribute("Name").Value == "ModelStoreContainer")
            {
                foreach (var entityContainerEntitySet in entitySet.Elements())
                {
                    RemoveNodes(entityContainerEntitySet, tablesAndColumns);
                }
            }

            RemoveNodes(entitySet, tablesAndColumns);
        }

        foreach (var entitySet in mappingXml.Elements().ElementAt(0).Elements())
        {
            if (entitySet.Name.LocalName == "EntitySetMapping")
            {
                foreach (var entityContainerEntitySet in entitySet.Elements().First().Elements())
                {
                    RemoveNodes(entityContainerEntitySet, tablesAndColumns);
                }
            }

            RemoveNodes(entitySet, tablesAndColumns);
        }

        var storageCollection = new StoreItemCollection(new [] {storageXml.CreateReader()});
        var conceptualCollection = new EdmItemCollection(new[] { conceptualXml.CreateReader() });
        var mappingCollection = new StorageMappingItemCollection(conceptualCollection, storageCollection, new[] {mappingXml.CreateReader()});

        var workspace = new MetadataWorkspace();

        workspace.RegisterItemCollection(conceptualCollection);
        workspace.RegisterItemCollection(storageCollection);
        workspace.RegisterItemCollection(mappingCollection);

        var connectionData = new EntityConnectionStringBuilder(connString);
        var connection = DbProviderFactories
            .GetFactory(connectionData.Provider)
            .CreateConnection();
        connection.ConnectionString = connectionData.ProviderConnectionString;

        return new EntityConnection(workspace, connection);
    }
}

public class ColumnsToRemove
{
    public ColumnsToRemove(string table, string column)
    {
        Table = table;
        Column = column;
    }

    public string Table { get; set; }
    public string Column { get; set; }
}

public class SystemToDatabaseMapping
{
    public string ConnectionString { get; set; }
    public List<ColumnsToRemove> ColumnsToRemove  { get; set; }
}

Mam nadzieję, że to zaoszczędzi Ci trochę czasu.