Entity Framework Database First regeneration make me lose manual changes

Question

I\'m making a website with MVC .NET.

Since I\'m an old school programmer who learn to design database first, I opted for the Database first approach. I\'m also using \"c

Answer 1

Don't edit the generated files. Ever. Just. Don't. Do. It.

Instead, make your edits in partial files in a different directory. To add attributes, declare a Metadata class at the top of your partial class definition.

[MetadataType(typeof(BlogMetadata))]
public partial class Blog
{
    // it's possible to add logic and non-mapped properties here
}

Now in your Metadata class, you can define attributes or other logic:

public class BlahMetadata
{
    [AllowHtml] 
    public string Content{ get; set; } 
}