ID	Name
1	Part 1
2	Part 2
3	Part 3

I wanted to see if there are any differences in EFCore database providers listed at 

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/providers/?tabs=dotnet-core-cli

I want to test the capabilities for each one within a standard choice of tables , in order to know the capabilities

I choose only those that have a version for current STS / LTS , whatever it is current.

( I am particularly interested in SqlServer vs Sqlite )

Problem 1: Conflicting namespaces

For MySql – there are 2 providers , Pomelo.EntityFrameworkCore.MySql  and MySql.EntityFrameworkCore  . Both have the same namespace and class for .UseMySql  ( and other stuff)

So how to do it ? Fortunately, nuget supports alias .

So the code in csproj is

<PackageReference Include="Pomelo.EntityFrameworkCore.MySql" Version="7.0.0" Aliases="PomeloEFMySql"  />
<PackageReference Include="MySqlConnector" Version="2.2.5" Aliases="MySqlConnect" />

<PackageReference Include="MySql.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="7.0.5" Aliases="MySqlEFOracle" />
<PackageReference Include="MySql.Data" Version="8.1.0" Aliases="OracleMySql"/>
		

And the code in global.cs

extern alias OracleMySql;

extern alias PomeloEFMySql;
extern alias MySqlConnect;

global using MySqlCNBOracle = MySqlEFOracle.Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.MySQLDbContextOptionsExtensions;
global using MySqlOracle = OracleMySql.MySql.Data.MySqlClient;
global using MySqlEF = MySqlEFOracle::Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 
global using PomeloCN= MySqlConnect::MySqlConnector;
global using PomeloEF = PomeloEFMySql::Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
global using PomeloMySqlCNB =PomeloEFMySql::Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.MySqlDbContextOptionsBuilderExtensions;

And the code to use it

case EFCoreProvider.Pomelo_EntityFrameworkCore_MySql:

    var serverVersion = PomeloEF.ServerVersion.AutoDetect(con);
    StepExecution.Current.Comment("version " + serverVersion.ToString());
    PomeloMySqlCNB.UseMySql(builder,con, serverVersion)
        .EnableSensitiveDataLogging()
        .EnableDetailedErrors();
    
    break;
case EFCoreProvider.MySql_EntityFrameworkCore:
    MySqlCNBOracle.UseMySQL(builder,con);
    break;

You can find the results at https://github.com/ignatandrei/TestEFCoreDatabaseProviders and https://ignatandrei.github.io/TestEFCoreDatabaseProviders/

Problem 2 : Conflict on container ports

When a container is started for a test it works on a port ( 1433 for SqlServer). When a new test arrives ( with new tables ) , it cannot be on the same port . So the docker containers must be disposed when the test finishes. Also , the tests must be done in serial, not in paralel.

For parallelism, it is simple ( LightBDD + XUnit)

[assembly: CollectionBehavior(DisableTestParallelization = true)]
[assembly: ClassCollectionBehavior(AllowTestParallelization = false)]

For disposing, can use IScenarioTearDown (LightBDD) or IAsyncLifetime (XUnit)