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In the first article, I show how to create a database with one table using Code First. You can read it here : EF Code First : Simple sample Now, we want to add a new table to work with foreign key. Let’s add a new Project class like this : public class Project { [...]

As I begin to work a lot with Entity Framework Code First, I decide to write some articles to share some samples that could be useful for beginners. Here is how I think to organize it : 1 – First sample : A very simple example on how to create a database with a table [...]

You heard about Entity Framework and want to try it. Let’s start with a very simple example. We will create a Console Application, add a class Person and generate the database from this class. Open Visual Studio and create a Console Application. I called mine EFFirstSample. Now, you have to allow Code First on your [...]

I’m writing an article about EF Code Fisrt and i get a strange behaviour. I create a simple class Person : public class Person { public int PersonId { get; set; } public string LastName { get; set; } public string FirstName { get; set; } public DateTime BirthDate { get; set; } } I [...]

If you are looking for a great book to learn more about EF Code First, how it works and how to tune it, here is a really good book : Entity Framework Code First by Julie Lerman and Rowan Miller I just finished it and I learned lots of things about configuring inheritance, mapping, caching [...]

I’m playing with ASP.Net MVC and Entity Framework and I just encountered this error : “The specified type member ‘Property’ is not supported in LINQ to Entities. Only initializers, entity members, and entity navigation properties are supported.“. I’m trying to display a list of posts in my view (yes, it is MVC) and my post [...]