NHibernate 4.x Cookbook - Second Edition

Generating the database

In this recipe, we'll show you how to generate all the necessary tables, columns, keys and relationships in your database - with two lines of code.

Getting ready

Complete the Configuring NHibernate with App.config recipe at the beginning of this chapter.

Note

This recipe works for any RDBMS supported by NHibernate. To use a different system, switch to the dialect for your RDBMS, and use a connection string appropriate for your system.

How to do it...

1. Open Program.cs.
2. Add these using statements to the beginning of the file:

   using Eg.Core;
   using NHibernate.Mapping.ByCode; 
   using NHibernate.Tool.hbm2ddl;

3. Modify the Main method to look like this:

   var nhConfig = new Configuration().Configure(); var mapper=new ConventionModelMapper(); nhConfig.AddMapping(mapper.CompileMappingFor(new[] ...