Add Table in Existing Code First Database Approach

How do you use the Code First technique to construct inheritance Table-Per-Type in Entity Framework 4.3?

In mapped inheritance you don't have accessible navigation property to parent entity unless you want to model another relation. Inheritance is "is a" relation so B is A while FK is "has a" relation....Here you have a ...great walkthrough... for TPT inheritance.

How to store double[] array to database with Entity Framework Code-First approach

Thank you all for your inputs, due to your help I was able to track down the best way to solve this. Which is:... public string InternalData { get; set; } public double[] Data { get { return Array.ConvertAll(InternalData.Split(';'), Double.Parse); } set { _data = value; InternalData = St...

Code-first: Mapping entities to existing database tables

You should define a class (ie:...ProjectMap...) that inherits from the generic class ...EntityTypeConfiguration(T)... where ...T... is here your ...Project... class. In this ...ProjectMap... class, you can define explicitly a table mapping : ...this.ToTable("Project", "dbo"); ...The class ...ProjectMap... should be called in the following method of...

How to add new table to existing database code first

If you have automatic migrations set up this should be pretty straight forward....If you haven't, you will need to run ...Enable-Migrations –EnableAutomaticMigrations... Perhaps do some further reading here first though: ...http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/data/jj554735.aspx...For anyone looking to update a database with a new table (say I want t...

Code First Existing Database vs EF Designer to Existing Database

In any case you'll have to synchronize the EDM (entity data model) and the DB. You have to make sure that the EDM is fully compatible with your database. If not, it will fail, no matter if it's Code First or you use a Model....The only difference is that:...using the designer you can do it graphically, and easyly set properties, column names, and s...

Entity Framework 6 Code First From Database context performs CREATE TABLE on existing an VIEW

Fixed when migrations are disabled:...System.Data.Entity.Database.SetInitializer<TestContext>(null);

Combining Code First tables and existing tables in one context?

Pretty simple actually. Create or reverse engineer the other schema POCOs. Add any fluent config needed (or get it from reverse engineered class)...public virtual DbSet<OtherSchemaTable> OtherSchemaTable {get; set; }' ... ...Create a new migration to replace your snapshot, but not update the database:...add-migration OtherSchemaAdded -IgnoreChanges...

Entity Framework 6 Database First Approach Not Creating All Tables From SQL Server

As when searching SO I came to this question and this answer may not completely related to the explained question but for those who is looking for the answer why not all the table is getting created is...You need to add primary key attribute for that column specially if you have relation with that table.

How to add stored procedures to existing database model (in Code first Approach)?

Well, if it's an existing database, you could just use Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio to access the stored procedures. They can be found under 'Your database' > 'Programmability' > 'Stored Procedures' in the Object Explorer. Though I'm pretty sure that using both stored procedures AND entity framework is not common practice. ...To answer yo...

EF Code First with existing database on another database

OK, you have 2 databases - let's say DEV and PROD. Both are in an identical state and have the same schema before migrations have been enabled. This is what to do:...1 - Add migrations to your DEV environment and set your database initializer to ...MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion.... Another option is to ...programatically run migrations.......enabl...