Update dependencies and GitHub Actions: add Microsoft.SqlServer.Server package, upgrade actions to v4, and verify .NET SDKs in workflow

Author: ZeidLab

.github/workflows/publish-to-nuget.yml

@@ -9,14 +9,17 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Setup .NET 9 SDK
-        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
         with:
           dotnet-version: '9.0.x'
+      
+      #  verify installed SDKs
+      - name: Show installed .NET SDKs
+        run: dotnet --list-sdks
 
-      # Mono is unnecessary on Windows runners — .NET Framework MSBuild is native on Windows
 
       - name: Restore EFCore dependencies
         run: dotnet restore src/EFCore/EFCore.csproj

Directory.Packages.props

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="FluentValidation.DependencyInjectionExtensions" Version="11.11.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Abstractions" Version="9.0.6" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational" Version="9.0.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SqlServer.Server" Version="1.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="9.0.6">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>