How do I map a composite primary key in Entity Framework 4 code first?
I'm getting to grips with EF4 code first, and liking it so far. But I'm having trouble mapping an entity to a table with a composite primary key.
The configuration I've tried looks like this:
public SubscriptionUserConfiguration()
{
Property(u => u.SubscriptionID).IsIdentity();
Property(u => u.UserName).IsIdentity();
}
Which throws this exception: Unable to infer a key for entity type 'SubscriptionUser'.
What am I missing?
You could also use
HasKey(u => new { u.SubscriptionID, u.UserName });
Edit:
One limitation I have found is that the following do not work:
public ProjectAssignmentConfiguration()
{
HasKey(u => u.Employee.EmployeeId);
HasKey(u => u.Project.ProjectId);
}
or
public ProjectAssignmentConfiguration()
{
HasKey(u => new { u.Employee.EmployeeId, u.Project.ProjectId });
}
So how do you set up an entity where the join table has a primary key that is composed of foreign keys?
I will try to explain it step by step, using the following Entity
public class Account
{
public int AccountId1 { get; set; }
public int AccountId2 { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
}
-
Create a class derived from the
EntityTypeConfiguaration<TEntity>
Object to override the conventionsclass AccountEntityTypeConfiguration : EntityTypeConfiguration<Account> { public AccountEntityTypeConfiguration() { // The Key // The description of the HasKey Method says // A lambda expression representing the property to be used as the primary key. // If the primary key is made up of multiple properties then specify an anonymous type including the properties. // Example C#: k => new { k.Id1, k.Id2 } // Example VB: Function(k) New From { k.Id1, k.Id2 } this.HasKey(k => new { k.AccountId1, k.AccountId2 } ); // The Key // Maybe the key properties are not sequenced and you want to override the conventions this.Property(p => p.AccountId1).HasDatabaseGeneratedOption(System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema.DatabaseGeneratedOption.None); this.Property(p => p.AccountId2).HasDatabaseGeneratedOption(System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema.DatabaseGeneratedOption.None); this.Property(p => p.Description).IsRequired(); // This property will be required this.ToTable("Account"); // Map the entity to the table Account on the database } }
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When create the class derived from the
DbContext
Object, overrideOnModelCreating
Method and add a newAccountEntityTypeConfiguration
object to the Configurations of the model Builder.public class MyModelAccount : DbContext { public DbSet<Account> Accounts { get; set;} protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder) { // Add a new AccountEntityTypeConfiguration object to the configuration of the model, that will be applied once the model is created. modelBuilder.Configurations.Add(new AccountEntityTypeConfiguration()); } }
Hope it helps you!