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How do I make non persisted properties using codefirst EF4? MS says there is a StoreIgnore Attribute, but I cannot find it. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/efdesign/archive/2010/03/30/data-annotations-in-the-entity-framework-and-code-first.aspx Is there a way to set this up using EntityConfiguration? In EF Code-First CTP5, you can use the [NotMapped] annotation. using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations; public class Song { public int Id { get; set; } public string Title { get; set; } [NotMapped] public int Track { get; set; } Currently, I know of two ways to do it. Add the 'dynamic' keyword to the

How can you map an entity to a database view with EF 4 code first? Is there a way to do this by deriving from the EntityConfiguration classes? Yes! I found the answer: You can certainly use Code First to map to a view, just tell Code First that it's a table and it will use the same SQL against the view that it would for a table. Obviously if your view isn't writeable then saving is going to fail if you try and update values in the entities that are based on the view, but we will just delegate to the database so if you don't update these entities then you won't have any issues. http://social

I have an object that has a char property: public class Product { public char Code { get; set; } } Entity Framework doesn't seem to be able to map chars (this field is missing from the database when I create the database schema from my model objects). Is there anyway I can map the char (e.g. to a string) using the fluent API? I don't want to change the model objects as they are part of a legacy shared library. Ladislav Mrnka Char is not valid primitive type for entity framework = entity framework doesn't map it. If you check CSDL reference you will see list of valid types ( char is not among