public void EnsureSeedForContext() { Facts.RemoveRange(Facts); Submissions.RemoveRange(Submissions); SaveChanges(); Database.ExecuteSqlCommand("DBCC CHECKIDENT('Facts', RESEED, 0)"); Database.ExecuteSqlCommand("DBCC CHECKIDENT('Submissions', RESEED, 0)"); var facts = new List <Fact> { new Fact { Description = "Chuck Norris mined all bitcoins...twice" }, new Fact { Description = "The Great Wall of China was originally created to keep Chuck Norris out. It failed miserably." }, new Fact { Description = "Chuck Norris beat the sun in a staring contest" }, new Fact { Description = "Chuck Norris narrates Morgan Freeman's life" }, new Fact { Description = "When chuck Norris does division, there are no remainders" }, new Fact { Description = "There are two types of people in the world... people that suck, and Chuck Norris" }, new Fact { Description = "If at first you don't succeed, you're not Chuck Norris." } }; Facts.AddRange(facts); SaveChanges(); }