Entity Framework - Get List of Tables

Question

That\'s it. It\'s pretty simple. I\'ve got an edmx and want to be able to dynamically query it for tables and (hopefully), dynamically build against that table. Is that p

Answer 1

This sample code from post What Tables Are In My EF Model? And My Database?

using (var dbContext = new YourDbContext())
{
    var metadata = ((IObjectContextAdapter)dbContext).ObjectContext.MetadataWorkspace;

    var tables = metadata.GetItemCollection(DataSpace.SSpace)
        .GetItems()
        .Single()
        .BaseEntitySets
        .OfType()
        .Where(s => !s.MetadataProperties.Contains("Type")
        || s.MetadataProperties["Type"].ToString() == "Tables");

    foreach (var table in tables)
    {
        var tableName = table.MetadataProperties.Contains("Table")
            && table.MetadataProperties["Table"].Value != null
            ? table.MetadataProperties["Table"].Value.ToString()
            : table.Name;

        var tableSchema = table.MetadataProperties["Schema"].Value.ToString();

        Console.WriteLine(tableSchema + "." + tableName);
    }
}