New Post: Dynamic Create and Drop Tables should be implemented
I am currently missing the dynamic creation, changing, and dropping of database tables at runtime without using code-first-migrations. This is needed when the model is dynamically changing at runtime....
View ArticleNew Post: DropCreateDatabase Initializer alternative that does not drop the...
When using DropCreateDatabase, I sometimes run into the problem that the database gets dropped, but cannot be recreated, because the sql user is owner of the database, but is not allowed to create...
View ArticleNew Post: Add AddRange() and RemoveRange() to IDbSet?
Hello Martin, We originally had a bug for exactly that: #1086. But after a long discussion on what to do about these and other new methods that could potentially make it into IDbSet<T> (see...
View ArticleNew Post: MySql .Net connector and EF6
I'd like to get EF6 working with MySQL as well. Are there any new developments on this?
View ArticleNew Post: EF6 Code First: All string properties are output as unicode: false...
I'm using Entity Framework 6 Beta 1 with MySQL via the DevArt dotConnect provider. I want all of my string properties to be output as unicode in the migration code files, but they are all output with...
View ArticleNew Post: EF6 Code First: All string properties are output as unicode: false...
On further investigation:If you specify the property's max length, "unicode: false" is not emitted.In no case is any unicode setting reflected in the SQL output for me (whether unicode is true or...
View ArticleNew Post: Basic full text support,or how to roll my own binding to a native...
dlshryock wrote: That only solves part of the problem. I have a system that is using LINQ expressions to compose queries with ordering, paging, and other optional search criteria. I need to be able to...
View ArticleNew Post: cannot open power tools project
thank you very much! one more question: where can I find the source of the powertools beta3?
View ArticleNew Post: Is EF designer also open source?
@jradxl It is still our intention to make the designer open source and we have made progress in that direction. At the same time we need to focus on getting things working for the VS 2013 release and...
View ArticleNew Post: Conditional includes
@mimes This is being tracked here: https://entityframework.codeplex.com/workitem/47 Unfortunately it won't make it into the EF6 release but we do hope to do it in a future release. Please vote for the...
View ArticleNew Post: Are there .pdb files for EF 5?
@ctaggart Unfortunately we do not have pdb files available for EF5. Thanks, Arthur
View ArticleNew Post: Automatically detect and refresh data changes in EF6
@Mathias Using SqlDependency to do this is something we have considered in the past and we may still consider again in the future. I'm not an expert on SqlDependency but I believe there are some...
View ArticleNew Post: Make ClrEntityType public or Have EntityType expose the...
@swell I filed the following item to track this: https://entityframework.codeplex.com/workitem/1362 Note that ObjectItemCollection has GetClrType and TryGetClrType methods that can be used to get the...
View ArticleNew Post: Interface usage in DBContext
@JavedSaqib This is something that is not currently by EF but that we certainly want to support in the future. If you haven't already done so please consider voting for the feature here:...
View ArticleNew Post: EF6 Code First: All string properties are output as unicode: false...
@jddunlap This certainly sounds like an issue with the DevArt provider. It is the responsibility of the provider to select an appropriate database type based on the facets (attributes) of the type...
View ArticleNew Post: DropCreateDatabase Initializer alternative that does not drop the...
@MovGP0 It seems unlikely that we will add such an initializer to the core EF code. However, you can create any initializer you want by implementing the IDatabaseInitializer interface. You would then...
View ArticleNew Post: Adding Comments to Diagrams
Is there a way to add comments to an entity framework diagram? I'd like to put descriptions about some of the tables that I can show to some people. Thanks for any insight on this topic.
View ArticleNew Post: Adding Comments to Diagrams
EntityType and many other elements in the SSDL and CSDL can have the Documentation element where you can put a Summary and LongDescription. If you populate these elements in the CSDL you will be able...
View ArticleNew Post: Adding Comments to Diagrams
Thanks for the info. Just to clarify, there is no way to show the Summary or Long Description about a table in a Diagram that displays your table structure? This can only be done in a generated report...
View ArticleNew Post: Make ClrEntityType public or Have EntityType expose the...
Thanks for this information, I'm gonna try this!
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