Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer 9.0.3

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See the version list below for details.

Requires NuGet 3.6 or higher.

dotnet add package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer --version 9.0.3                
NuGet\Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer -Version 9.0.3                
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="9.0.3" />                
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
paket add Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer --version 9.0.3                
#r "nuget: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer, 9.0.3"                
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.
// Install Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer&version=9.0.3

// Install Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer&version=9.0.3                

Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer is the EF Core database provider package for Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL.

Usage

Call the UseSqlServer method to choose the SQL Server/Azure SQL database provider for your DbContext. For example:

protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
{
    optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer("Server=(localdb)\\mssqllocaldb;Database=MyDatabase;Trusted_Connection=True;");
}

Getting started with EF Core

See Getting started with EF Core for more information about EF NuGet packages, including which to install when getting started.

Additional documentation

See Microsoft SQL Server EF Core Database Provider for more information about the features of this database provider.

Feedback

If you encounter a bug or issues with this package,you can open an Github issue. For more details, see getting support.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net8.0 is compatible.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed.  net9.0 was computed.  net9.0-android was computed.  net9.0-browser was computed.  net9.0-ios was computed.  net9.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net9.0-macos was computed.  net9.0-tvos was computed.  net9.0-windows was computed. 
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Provides a default set of APIs for building an ASP.NET Core application, and also includes API for third-party integrations with ASP.NET Core. This package requires the ASP.NET Core runtime. This runtime is installed by the .NET Core SDK, or can be acquired separately using installers available at https://aka.ms/dotnet-download.

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NetTopologySuite support for the Microsoft SQL Server database provider for Entity Framework Core.

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Adds hierarchyid support to the SQL Server EF Core provider

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Design-time Entity Framework Core Functionality for Microsoft SQL Server.

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