Set default value in EF designer datetime

Question

Trying to set the default value of a datetime field to take current time. In SQL\'s field designer i\'d use getdate(). What should i use in Entity Framework

Answer 1

Setting default values in Entity Framework 5 and 6 by changing T4 Template File

Made below changes in .tt(template file) remove if condition at line 34

34 if (propertiesWithDefaultValues.Any() || collectionNavigationProperties.Any() || complexProperties.Any())
35 {

add

59 OnCreated();
60 }
61
62 partial void OnCreated();
63 <#

refer this image http://i.stack.imgur.com/DdlNB.png red means remove and green means add

This will add constructor in all entity classes with OnCreated method.

Like below

public partial class Category
{
    public Category()
    {
      this.Products = new HashSet<Product>();
      OnCreated();
    }

 partial void OnCreated();
 public int Id { get; set; }
 public string Name { get; set; }

 public virtual ICollection<Product> Products { get; set; }
}

Then create class file using same namespace that of Entities.

public partial class Category
{
   partial void OnCreated()
   {
      Name = "abc"
   }
}

refer below answer for more details https://stackoverflow.com/a/38882032/5475124

Answer 2

Right click edmx, open with, choose xml editor, find "ProviderManifestToken" change from 2008 to 2005. Save.

Answer 3

kidos for this answer although it didn't worked for me after setting StoreGeneratedPattern attribute value to Computed but setting StoreGeneratedPattern attribute value to Identity worked for me , i was setting default "Guid" to UserID of UNIQUEIDENTIFIER type

Answer 4

Building upon RPM1984's answer:

1. Select the field that has the default value,Created_On in my example, within your EDMX file
2. Go to the Properties panel
3. Select the StoreGeneratedPattern attribute
4. Then change the value to Computed

Answer 5

Set 'StoredGeneratedPattern' to Computed against the field in the EDMX.

You still need the default value in SQL Server though, the above setting will ensure EF honour's that.