How to suppress InMemoryEventId.TransactionIgnoredWarning when unit testing with in-memory database with transactions?
I'm using an EF Core in-memory database and I'm trying to run a unit test on a method that uses transactions:
using (var transaction = await _context.Database.BeginTransactionAsync())
{
_context.Update(item);
result = await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
// some other stuff
transaction.Commit();
}
However, I'm getting this error from the test runner:
System.InvalidOperationException: Warning as error exception for warning 'InMemoryEventId.TransactionIgnoredWarning': Transactions are not supported by the in-memory store. See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=800142 To suppress this Exception use the DbContextOptionsBuilder.ConfigureWarnings API. ConfigureWarnings can be used when overriding the DbContext.OnConfiguring method or using AddDbContext on the application service provider.
How do I suppress that error?
Solution 1:
In the code where you declare the in-memory database, configure the context to ignore that error as follows:
public MyDbContext GetContextWithInMemoryDb()
{
var options = new DbContextOptionsBuilder<MyDbContext>()
.UseInMemoryDatabase(Guid.NewGuid().ToString())
// don't raise the error warning us that the in memory db doesn't support transactions
.ConfigureWarnings(x => x.Ignore(InMemoryEventId.TransactionIgnoredWarning))
.Options;
return new MyDbContext(options);
}
Solution 2:
I used the answer from @tomRedox but varied it for use in an ASP.NET Core 2.0 startup.cs file.
services.AddDbContext<MyDbContext>(options =>
{
options.UseInMemoryDatabase("TestDb");
options.ConfigureWarnings(x => x.Ignore(InMemoryEventId.TransactionIgnoredWarning));
});