VS Mac, fails to add scaffolding when using mssql. Always tries to add the -sqlite flag

Simple API project based off starting project. Added EF and DB connection. I can add Controller manually and everything works fine but when I attempt to “Add Scaffolding” It always tries to add the '-sqlite" flag to the end of the command and thus failing. Is there a way to stop this because my project is using mssql?

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Building project…
Running /Users.../HotelListing.API/HotelListing.API/obj/dotnet-aspnet-codegenerator --configuration "Debug" --project "/Users.../HotelListing.API/HotelListing.API/HotelListing.API.csproj" controller --model Hotel --dataContext HotelListingDbContext -name HotelsController --no-build -outDir "/Users.../HotelListing.API/HotelListing.API" --controllerNamespace HotelListing.API --restWithNoViews  --useSqlite 
Finding the generator 'controller'...
Running the generator 'controller'...
Specify --help for a list of available options and commands.
Unrecognized option '--useSqlite'
   at Microsoft.Extensions.CommandLineUtils.CommandLineApplication.HandleUnexpectedArg(CommandLineApplication command, String[] args, Int32 index, String argTypeName, Boolean ignoreContinueAfterUnexpectedArg)
   at Microsoft.Extensions.CommandLineUtils.CommandLineApplication.Execute(String[] args)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.ActionInvoker.Execute(String[] args)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.CodeGenCommand.Execute(String[] args)
RunTime 00:00:02.66

Unrecognized option '--useSqlite'

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Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Design/Microsoft.DotNet.MSIdentity version: Target framework: .NET 7.0 Operating system: MAC IDE: Visual Studio 17.4.2 (build 17)

[MSicc]

very strange, because if I choose Razor Pages with Entity Framework, I do not have these Problems…

But I understand, you can’t fix this here. Will open a ticket for VS Mac.

[deepchoudhery]

Hey @mrward, I was unaware of mssql support for VS Mac if the Program.cs/Startup.cs is configured for mssql as in @chevol’s case, the scaffolding will fail to activate the DbContext since it will be looking for a UseSqlite call which is missing. I’ll take a deeper look today @mrward and we’ll service this ASAP, apologies.