Npgsql integration with Entity Framework Code First

Question

I have a project using the last version of EF CF with PostgreSQL and Npgsql.

My model looks like:

[Table(\"mytable\")]
public class MyTable
{
    [Co         


        

Answer 1

If I'm not missing something - you'd want some generic way of changing the naming convention for tables?

The EF6 has the custom conventions feature - it's still not official version, but if it works for you, some links...

http://entityframework.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Custom%20Conventions

In your case, you'd have to implement it for the class/Type I guess - e.g. (some pseudo code)...

1) implement IConfigurationConvention (you can check the EF source for EntityConventionBase)

2) In the Apply - change how the Table names are generated via configuration (ToTable()) - to something like .ToLowerCase()

3) add to conventions...

For example...

public class SmallCapsEntitiesConfigurationConvention
    : IConfigurationConvention
{
    public void Apply(Type memberInfo, Func configuration)
    {
        configuration().ToTable(memberInfo.Name.ToLowerInvariant(), null);
    }
}

You can see one example here
http://blog.cincura.net/233167-custom-conventions-in-entity-framework-6-helping-firebird/

Otherwise, I have no idea about Npgsql / PostgreSQL - it did seem a bit 'raw' to me. But you can handle it on the EF side.