Logging/Debugging (EF CORE) =========================== Once you configure logging on a DbContext instance it will be enabled on all instances of that DbContext type using var context = new MyContext(); context.ConfigureLogging(s => System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(s)); // write to Visual Studio "Output" tab //context.ConfigureLogging(s => Console.WriteLine(s)); see comments at top of file: Dinah.EntityFrameworkCore\DbContextLoggingExtensions.cs LocalDb ======= SSMS db connection: (LocalDb)\MSSQLLocalDB eg: Server=(localdb)\mssqllocaldb;Database=DataLayer.LibationContext;Integrated Security=true; LocalDb database files live at: C:\Users\[user]\DataLayer.LibationContext.mdf C:\Users\[user]\DataLayer.LibationContext_log.ldf Migrations ========== Visual Studio, EF Core 2.0 -------------------------- View > Other Windows > Package Manager Console Default project: DataLayer Startup project: DataLayer since we have mult contexts, must use -context: Add-Migration MyComment -context LibationContext Update-Database -context LibationContext QUICK VIEW ========== declare @productId nvarchar(450) = 'B075Y4SWJ8' declare @bookId int declare @catId int select @bookId = b.BookId from Books b where b.AudibleProductId = @productId select @catId = b.CategoryId from Books b where b.AudibleProductId = @productId select * from Books b where b.AudibleProductId = @productId select * from BookContributor bc join Contributors c on bc.ContributorId = c.ContributorId where bc.BookId = @bookId order by role, [order] select * from SeriesBook sb join Series s on sb.SeriesId = s.SeriesId where sb.BookId = @bookId select * from Categories c1 left join Categories c2 on c1.ParentCategoryCategoryId = c2.CategoryId where c1.CategoryId = @catId ERROR ===== Add-Migration : The term 'Add-Migration' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program SOLUTION -------- dependencies > manage nuget packages add: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools SQLite ====== SQLite does not support all migrations (schema changes) due to limitations in SQLite delete db before running Update-Database?