Entity Framework 7 IDENTITY_INSERT

Question

I need to store a large amount of user data in a database where every user already has an ID as a key. However, these users all out of a larger pool of users, therefore, the ID

Answer 1

I've made some tests and this seems to work for me on EF 7.0.0 rc1-final:

modelBuilder.Entity().HasKey(x => x.Id);
modelBuilder.Entity().Property(x => x.Id).ValueGeneratedNever();    

My test code:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    using (var db = new FooContext())
    {
        var myFoo = new Foo {Id = 1002, Descr = "Test"};
        db.Add(myFoo);
        db.SaveChanges();
    }
    using (var db = new FooContext())
    {
        var myFoo = db.Foos.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Id == 1002);
        Console.WriteLine($"id = {myFoo?.Id}, descrip = {myFoo?.Descr}");
    }
}

(full program code here: http://pastebin.com/hSs9HZCP)

It correctly inserts and retrieves a record with the specified id and the table has the correct primary key specified.

This is the migration code generated:

migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
    name: "Foo",
    columns: table => new
    {
        Id = table.Column(nullable: false),
        Descr = table.Column(nullable: true)
    },
    constraints: table =>
    {
        table.PrimaryKey("PK_Foo", x => x.Id);
    });