EF Reverse POCO against a SQL Database Project?

Question

Can I use the EF Reverse POCO generator directly against a SQL Database Project?

I keep my SQL database definition in a \"Visual Studio SQL Database Pro

Answer 1

For EntityFramework Reverse POCO Code First Generator, you would need to round-trip through an actual SQL database to generate the code-first code as you cannot use generator against a VS Database Project.

Answer 2

There is a project called SqlSharpener on GitHub available as a NuGet package.

Description:

Parses SQL files to create a meta-object hierarchy with which you can generate C# code such as stored procedure wrappers or Entity Framework Code-First entities. Generate either manually or by invoking one of the included pre-compiled T4 templates.

Rather than generating code from the database or using a heavy abstraction layer that might miss differences between the database and data access layer until run-time, this project aims to provide a very fast and simple data access layer that is generated at design-time using SQL files as the source-of-truth (such as those found in an SSDT project).

I cannot vouch for it because I have never used it but it seems promising.