Entity Framework MySQL tinyint(1) System.Boolean.Parse FormatException

Question

I\'m using EntityFramework 6 in my C# model-first project which using a MySQL database. Everything was fine and I could ge

Answer 1

This can also be achieved using the Column data attribute within the Entity.

[Column("Active", TypeName = "bit")]
[DefaultValue(false)]
public bool Active { get; set; }

Answer 2

If you are doing this DB first, simply change the TINYINT(1) types to BIT(1), assuming you really want a Boolean. You may have to update the default values also (to bit syntax such as b'0'). EF will still translate these to Boolean values in your entities.

Answer 3

Configure the datatype on a specific Entity:

modelBuilder.Entity<User>()
                  .Property(p => p.Active)
                  .HasColumnType("bit");

or general:

modelBuilder.Properties()
            .Where(x => x.PropertyType == typeof(bool))
            .Configure(x => x.HasColumnType("bit"));