More than one DbContext was found

Question

I am implementing a code first database using AspCore 2. I have a "DataContext.cs" that goes like this:

public class ApplicationUser : IdentityUser
{
    public string FirstName { get; set; }
    public string MiddelName { get; set; }
    public string LastName { get; set; }
    public bool IsActive { get; set; }
    public DateTime? DateAdded { get; set; }
}

public class DataContext : IdentityDbContext<ApplicationUser>
{
    public DataContext(DbContextOptions<DataContext> options) : base(options) {}

protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
        {
             base.OnModelCreating(modelBuilder);

          //AspNetUsers -> User
        modelBuilder.Entity<ApplicationUser>()
            .ToTable("User");
        //AspNetRoles -> Role
        modelBuilder.Entity<IdentityRole>()
            .ToTable("Role");
        //AspNetUserRoles -> UserRole
        modelBuilder.Entity<IdentityUserRole>()
            .ToTable("UserRole");
        //AspNetUserClaims -> UserClaim
        modelBuilder.Entity<IdentityUserClaim>()
            .ToTable("UserClaim");
        //AspNetUserLogins -> UserLogin
        modelBuilder.Entity<IdentityUserLogin>()
            .ToTable("UserLogin");
    }
}

and this in my "startup.cs"

public class Startup
{
    public Startup(IConfiguration configuration)
    {
        Configuration = configuration;
    }

    public IConfiguration Configuration { get; }

    // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to add services to the container.
    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
    {
        services.AddDbContext<DataContext>(x => x.UseSqlServer(Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection")));
        services.AddMvc().SetCompatibilityVersion(CompatibilityVersion.Version_2_1);
    }

    // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline.
    public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
    {
        if (env.IsDevelopment())
        {
            app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();
        }
        else
        {
            app.UseHsts();
        }

        app.UseHttpsRedirection();
        app.UseMvc();
    }
}

When I try running the dotnet migration, dotnet ef migrations add InitialCreate I get the following error:

"More than one DbContext was found. Specify which one to use. Use the '-Context' parameter for PowerShell commands and the '--context' parameter for dotnet commands."

Can you please help me make this right? Thank you!

Answer 1

It looks like there are several classes that have been inherited from DbContext class (may have come from some NuGet package). So add migration with

Add-Migration MyMigration -context DataContextName

Answer 2

please follow this syntax

Add-Migration [-Name] <String> [-OutputDir <String>] [-Context <String>] [-Project <String>] [-StartupProject <String>] [-Environment <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

in your case,

add-migration MyMigration -Context DataContext

Answer 3

dotnet ef migrations add <your_migration_name> -c <your_context_class_name>

[--context | -c]

The DbContext class to use. Class name only or fully qualified with namespaces. If this option is omitted, EF Core will find the context class. If there are multiple context classes, this option is required.

from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/miscellaneous/cli/dotnet#common-options