How to map exisiting sql server view with EF code first

Question

i am fairly new in EF and learning EF code first. i am looking for a knowledge to map exisiting sql server view with EF code first. i have map my view with POCO but getting

Answer 1

Configure view as table and use this custom generator to prevent migration generation for tables marked as views

public class SkipViewGeneration : CSharpMigrationCodeGenerator
{
    protected override void Generate(CreateTableOperation operation, IndentedTextWriter writer)
    {
        if (!IsView(operation.Name))
            base.Generate(operation, writer);
    }

    protected override void Generate(RenameTableOperation operation, IndentedTextWriter writer)
    {
        if (!IsView(operation.Name))
            base.Generate(operation, writer);
    }

    protected override void Generate(MoveTableOperation operation, IndentedTextWriter writer)
    {
        if (!IsView(operation.Name))
            base.Generate(operation, writer);
    }

    protected override void Generate(DropTableOperation operation, IndentedTextWriter writer)
    {
        if (!IsView(operation.Name))
            base.Generate(operation, writer);
    }

    protected override void Generate(AddColumnOperation operation, IndentedTextWriter writer)
    {
        if (!IsView(operation.Table))
            base.Generate(operation, writer);
    }

    protected override void Generate(DropColumnOperation operation, IndentedTextWriter writer)
    {
        if (!IsView(operation.Table))
            base.Generate(operation, writer);
    }

    protected override void Generate(DropPrimaryKeyOperation operation, IndentedTextWriter writer)
    {
        if (!IsView(operation.Table))
            base.Generate(operation, writer);
    }

    protected override void Generate(AlterColumnOperation operation, IndentedTextWriter writer)
    {
        if (!IsView(operation.Table))
            base.Generate(operation, writer);
    }

    protected override void Generate(AddPrimaryKeyOperation operation, IndentedTextWriter writer)
    {
        if (!IsView(operation.Table))
            base.Generate(operation, writer);
    }

    protected override void Generate(AlterTableOperation operation, IndentedTextWriter writer)
    {
        if (!IsView(operation.Name))
            base.Generate(operation, writer);
    }

    protected override void Generate(CreateIndexOperation operation, IndentedTextWriter writer)
    {
        if (!IsView(operation.Name))
            base.Generate(operation, writer);
    }

    protected override void Generate(DropIndexOperation operation, IndentedTextWriter writer)
    {
        if (!IsView(operation.Name))
            base.Generate(operation, writer);
    }

    private bool IsView(string tableNameWithSchemaName)
    {
        var tableName = DatabaseName.Parse(tableNameWithSchemaName).Name;
        var schemaName = DatabaseName.Parse(tableNameWithSchemaName).Schema;
        return schemaName.Contains("View");
    }
}

Usage example

internal sealed class Configuration : DbMigrationsConfiguration
{
    public Configuration()
    {
        AutomaticMigrationsEnabled = false;
        CodeGenerator = new SkipViewGeneration();
    }

    protected override void Seed(AVMSDbContext context)
    {
        //  This method will be called after migrating to the latest version.

        //  You can use the DbSet.AddOrUpdate() helper extension method
        //  to avoid creating duplicate seed data.
    }
}

DatabaseName.Parse implementatnion you can get from Github sources