Not true. I use EF code first on existing tables all the time and they don't get recreated.

>I didn't say I don't like EF. I do and use it a lot.
>I *do* think that both the code-first and model-first approach to implementing an EF solution is not much more than a 'toy'.
>Firstly, it will only *create* a database. Change the model and you wipe the existing DB entirely. And there is no guarantee that the database design is actually optimal.
>On top of that it pre-supposes that you will only want one entity model.....