Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer 9.0.4

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.NET 8.0 This package targets .NET 8.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher.
There is a newer prerelease version of this package available.
See the version list below for details.

Requires NuGet 3.6 or higher.

dotnet add package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer --version 9.0.4
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer -Version 9.0.4
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="9.0.4" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="9.0.4" />
                    


                            Directory.Packages.props
                        

                    

                
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" />
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer --version 9.0.4
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer, 9.0.4"
#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. 
#addin nuget:?package=Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer&version=9.0.4
                    


                            Install Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer as a Cake Addin
                        

                    

                
#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer&version=9.0.4
                    


                            Install Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer as a Cake Tool

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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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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