Anyone with DBInitializer experience/.NET mentor? Could use some help

Hey All Is there anyone with some experience on this topic willing to help? Wouldn't ask if i could find my way, but i just can't seem to make this work as expected (latest error is web server fails -> FK constraint exception on context.saveChanges(), but my models seem correct) Thanks
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Pobiega
Pobiega10mo ago
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MODiX10mo ago
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studentoffuturearts
studentoffutureartsOP10mo ago
Here is most of the relevant code https://paste.mod.gg/xpxtoxoywybd/5
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Pobiega
Pobiega10mo ago
Okay, so this is essentially a database seeder when exactly is this exception thrown? please post the actual stacktrace, including any and all sql errors
studentoffuturearts
studentoffutureartsOP10mo ago
exception is SqlException: The MERGE statement conflicted with the FOREIGN KEY constraint "FK_Ins_Contacts_ContactId". The conflict occurred in database "FinAppAPI", table "dbo.Contacts", column 'ContactId'. occurs at the end of DBInitializer/seeder at context.saveChanges() thrown at call stack Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlException, bool, System.Action<System.Action>) Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.TdsParserStateObject, bool, bool) Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.TryRun(Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.RunBehavior, Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand, Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader, Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.BulkCopySimpleResultSet, Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.TdsParserStateObject, out bool) Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader.TryHasMoreRows(out bool) Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader.TryHasMoreResults(out bool) Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader.TryNextResult(out bool) Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader.NextResult() Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Update.AffectedCountModificationCommandBatch.Consume(Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.RelationalDataReader) Thanks for helping me, really appreciate it If there's a better way for me to troubleshoot and things to watch out for/tips to trace such errors, you're welcome to inform me
Pobiega
Pobiega10mo ago
Ah yeah I see the issue You are not following naming conventions ContactId should just be Id in the Contact class same thing with UserId etc
studentoffuturearts
studentoffutureartsOP10mo ago
I actually changed it into ContactId to check if i was using the wrong convention originally they were just Id
Pobiega
Pobiega10mo ago
okay, thats what its supposed to be can you also show the definition of In btw?
studentoffuturearts
studentoffutureartsOP10mo ago
good to know, i'll change it back
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Pobiega
Pobiega10mo ago
FK_Ins_Contacts_ContactId tells me that its the relation between In and Contact thats causing the issue
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Pobiega
Pobiega10mo ago
so we need to see In
studentoffuturearts
studentoffutureartsOP10mo ago
https://paste.mod.gg/qxkomveatail/1 here is 'in' and 'out' the [Key] and [database..] clauses i added to make sure primary key was recognized and hoped to make sure the seeded data PK was incremented from 0 (to make sure i was adding correct values and that wasn't the constraint problem)
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studentoffuturearts
studentoffutureartsOP10mo ago
you mean, just delete the DB and run the app again right ? that we're on the same page
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Pobiega
Pobiega10mo ago
The models seem okay, I don't personally rely on the auto-configured relationships very often so might have overlooked something there, but it seems fine I wonder if its just because you have so many nav props going both ways and potentially setting up multiple cascade paths or something, but that doesnt mesh with the error you're getting
studentoffuturearts
studentoffutureartsOP10mo ago
No, no data present i've been deleting it everytime i change something
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studentoffuturearts
studentoffutureartsOP10mo ago
considering good practice, should i be using less ? And yeah, i figured, been at this for hours but i can't seem to find a reason the constraint fails I though is was some underlying framework thing should the models be created in a certain order ? Like with migrations ?
Pobiega
Pobiega10mo ago
If you don't need them, you shouldn't have them, generally. gonna set up your models in a new project and see what happens worked fine with just In and Contact .net 8
CREATE TABLE "Contacts" (
"Id" INTEGER NOT NULL CONSTRAINT "PK_Contacts" PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
"Name" TEXT NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE "Ins" (
"Id" INTEGER NOT NULL CONSTRAINT "PK_Ins" PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
"Date" TEXT NOT NULL,
"ContactId" INTEGER NULL,
CONSTRAINT "FK_Ins_Contacts_ContactId" FOREIGN KEY ("ContactId") REFERENCES "Contacts" ("Id")
);
CREATE TABLE "Contacts" (
"Id" INTEGER NOT NULL CONSTRAINT "PK_Contacts" PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
"Name" TEXT NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE "Ins" (
"Id" INTEGER NOT NULL CONSTRAINT "PK_Ins" PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
"Date" TEXT NOT NULL,
"ContactId" INTEGER NULL,
CONSTRAINT "FK_Ins_Contacts_ContactId" FOREIGN KEY ("ContactId") REFERENCES "Contacts" ("Id")
);
studentoffuturearts
studentoffutureartsOP10mo ago
i'm on 6.0 but i'll start a new project later with just these or maybe start one in 8.0
Pobiega
Pobiega10mo ago
found two potential errors, dont think its this thou but still User has a role property, instead of Role and in your initializer, you are assigning roles via ID, before the roles are saved better to assign via the entity reference ah and you do the same on ID pretty sure thats it works absolutely fine for me when I use the actual nav props
var role = new Role() { Name = "Testuser" };

var contactUtil = new Contact() { Name = "Utilities" };
var contactWage = new Contact() { Name = "Wage" };

var userMaggie = new User() { Name = "Maggie", Role = role };

var in1 = new In() { Contact = contactWage, User = userMaggie, Date = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1), Amount = 2000 };
var out1 = new Out() { Contact = contactUtil, User = userMaggie, Date = DateTime.Now, Amount = 2000 };

_db.Add(in1);
_db.Add(out1);

await _db.SaveChangesAsync();
var role = new Role() { Name = "Testuser" };

var contactUtil = new Contact() { Name = "Utilities" };
var contactWage = new Contact() { Name = "Wage" };

var userMaggie = new User() { Name = "Maggie", Role = role };

var in1 = new In() { Contact = contactWage, User = userMaggie, Date = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1), Amount = 2000 };
var out1 = new Out() { Contact = contactUtil, User = userMaggie, Date = DateTime.Now, Amount = 2000 };

_db.Add(in1);
_db.Add(out1);

await _db.SaveChangesAsync();
your models are mostly intact, I jsut removed all the attributes yep, when using raw ids it fails since the ids are not yet set
studentoffuturearts
studentoffutureartsOP10mo ago
going to check it out now
Pobiega
Pobiega10mo ago
I added
var in2 = new In() { ContactId = 1, UserId = 1, Date = DateTime.Now, Amount = 123 };

_db.Add(in2);
var in2 = new In() { ContactId = 1, UserId = 1, Date = DateTime.Now, Amount = 123 };

_db.Add(in2);
and it broke with an FK error, since those ids wasnt guaranteed to exist you should be using the nav props when seeding like this, since you dont know what IDs the resulting items might get.
studentoffuturearts
studentoffutureartsOP10mo ago
Logical, but would've never thought of this indeed, the server is launching this time, so it seems functional Wow man, thanks, for real i would've never found this out
Pobiega
Pobiega10mo ago
Np. Feel free to /close this thread
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