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Also, please note that the power tools throws exceptions for many users, so view generation for Code first is impossible for them (including me!)
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Another option is to use T4 templates for generating views for CodeFirst apps. They are on the VS Gallery. Here is the blog post the describes how to use them:...
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The foundations of view generation are outlined in this paper: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~mpetropo/CSE736-SP10/pubs/p461-melnik.pdf
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Hi, in EF6 where is the entry point for create Pre-Generated views, since i'm not able to find the old EntityViewGenerator class and also looking here looks like view generation is not currently...
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Have you tried generating views for your model using EF5 and then use them in EF6? I have not tried this but I believe this should work...
View ArticleNew Post: I'm going to attempt to add functionality requested in Item 527:...
Since we already have a function to map a result set based on name and type to an arbitrary Object of type T, I would like to see a reverse automapping of object of Type T having the propertis being...
View ArticleNew Post: separate a assembly for migrations
Woland, As far as I know this isn't currently possible, but we have an work item tracking the issue: http://entityframework.codeplex.com/workitem/357. I encourage you to vote for this item if it is...
View ArticleNew Post: Move Data Annotation Attributes to a separate, tiny assembly
Hi AlirezaHaghshenas, The .NET Framework already has an assembly for data annotations (System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.dll). This is the assembly for "standard .NET data annotations" and is...
View ArticleNew Post: Creating custom attributes and acting on them in migrations
Hi Mark, The IndexAttribute is something that we have talked about and would like to do, although it currently isn't high enough on our priority list for anyone on the team to be working on. We would...
View ArticleNew Post: I'm going to attempt to add functionality requested in Item 527:...
Thanks Arthur for the comments, I must admit I share some of the same concerns and why I really wanted to talk this thru with you folks who are down deep in the code and future of EF before I just...
View ArticleNew Post: Getting sources of Entity Framework 5.0
Hi Nik, The short answer is that the source for EF5 isn't available. This thread has more details: http://entityframework.codeplex.com/discussions/383205 Thanks,Arthur
View ArticleNew Post: Simple Type Mapping
Hi Chris, There isn't really a great way to handle this situation with the current versions of EF. It may be possible for the DB2 provider to invent a pseudo "bit" type in its provider manifest that...
View ArticleNew Post: Move Data Annotation Attributes to a separate, tiny assembly
Hello, Thanks for your reply. One problem with EF was its tight integration into the specific .Net framework, which is (thank to you, guys) now relaxed. OS requirements for .Net4.5 will limit our...
View ArticleNew Post: add-migration with the new multi context feature
The tooling for the add-migration command seems a little strange from the api perspective. I created an app that uses two contexts and sets of migrations. I expected that when I did an add-migration...
View ArticleNew Post: add-migration with the new multi context feature
Hi Eric, We don't actually discover which class changed until we know the specific config type in question. The reason for this is that we need to know the DbContext type in order to build the latest...
View ArticleNew Post: add-migration with the new multi context feature
Hi Eric, The work item for auto-complete is: Tab Expansion for PowerShell Cmdlets Please add your vote and possibly a comment stating how important enabling this on the ConfigurationTypeName parameter...
View ArticleNew Post: add-migration with the new multi context feature
@Andrew Thanks for the replies. I understand your explanation of the internals, and I am glad to hear you have some line of site to making the experience better. @Brice Whats up with the Tab...
View ArticleNew Post: Simple Type Mapping
I found a way to get boolean properties working with DB2. It requires setting the column type in the mapping to "boolean". After this it will internally map a boolean property to a smallint column....
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