NHibernate - Mapping a String Foreign Key

Question

The legacy database I\'ve inherited contains the following tables:

Teams ( 
 TeamId INT PRIMARY KEY,
 Name VARCHAR(30)
)

Players (
 PlayerId INT PRIMARY KEY         


        

Answer 1

I believe that you would need to use the property-ref attribute to define the field that you will be associating to. The foreign-key attribute is used to generate DDL to create the relationships (if you use that feature).