ADO.NET :: Manually Update Entity Object In .edmx To Reflect A New Column In The DB?
Oct 11, 2010
Is there a way to manually update a single edmx entity to reflect a new column in a SQL db table? If yes, what would be the proper step- by-step procedure?
I prefer not to use the "update model from db" template because this will update all the tables and wipe out all the customizations and name changes I have already made in the EF objects. This seems a bit overkill for a single column change. I went down this route once, and I prefer not to do it again. I do not see any way to actually update a single table from the DB using VS2010 "update from db".
What I have tried to do so far is manually add a new scalar property to the appropriate entity using the edmx designer, and this seems to work OK, but I cannot seem to find a way to map the new property back to the db through the mapping window. Do I have to do this directly through the XML file? Also is this sufficient to ensure the new column is correctly reflected in the edmx, or are there other steps that need to be done?
My Question is can we extend one context to another in Entity Framework 4. Following is the problem background.
I am using EF4 for developing a Web-Application. My Web Application has 3 projects.
One project is for storing candidate CV information.
Another project is for storing customer information.
Final project is called CORE. this CORE contains a edmx file that should be extended by CV and CRM.
As an example email address table can be shared by both customer (CRM) and CV. To share one table with another, we should be able to extend one context (CV context) with other context (customer context). Could some one having experience using Entity Framework share your experience with me to find whether this is possible.
We have 3 edmx files in three class libraries:
Person class library(Core) with core.edmx-Basic details related to a person(name, email) CV Class library with CV.edmx wich have CV related data(Experiance,skills) Customer Relationship management system(CRM) which have customer data(sales data...)
Then we want to use core class library edmx file(Core.edmx) with cv.edmx (basically cv tables should be able to use tables from core tables) . Same way we want to use the core.edmx with CRM.edmx for the 3 rd project
when i delete Table (Entity Set) from edmx file ... it deleted from design but when i'm trying to add that table again to edmx file it doesn't appear in added table and when i open edmx file by xml i found table and its relation still in edmx xml so how can i delete entity set (table) completely from db note : i don't want that solution ...i want another easy solution [URL]
I would like to make some changes to my EF4 edmx file without modifying the file itself, mainly so I don't loose all my changes if I regenerate the model from the database. I'm familiar with XSL and have seen references made to using it in conjunction with the edmx file. This sounds like a great solution, however I can't seem to find any documentation on how to actually set this up. Do you reference the style sheet from the edmx file or do you configure it to look at the template and then load the edmx file in somehow?
Clarification:
Specifically what I'm trying to do is modify the model so that several of the views act as tables with relations within the model, see here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alexj/archive/2009/09/01/tip-34-how-to-work-with-updatable-views.aspx
The issue I'll have in using that method is if I need to update the database and regenerate the model I'll have to go back and make all of those changes again, I was hoping there was a way to use xslt to make those changes to the views so they would not be removed when the model is regenerated.
I am building an application using Asp.Net 4.0 and Entity framework 4.
I have already created the model class (edmx) file using the Database-First method of the Entity framework.
Now I am almost nearning the end of the application. I have realised I need to add one more table to my database.
How do I add the newly created table to the model class (edmx) file.
If I again regenerate the model class, similar to what I did the first time i.e using the Database-First approach, will my current application be affected.
Will the already in use data like tables, relationships and views be affected in anyway.
Do I have to follow this approach everytime I need to add a new table to the entity model class.
I am using Entity Framework. I added a table, say Table A, to the edmx file. Since the table was modified by adding a column, say col, I had to make the changes in the edmx file also. I rightclicked the table and clicked 'Add scalar property' and added the column. But I don't know how to map it. Now an error is coming. Property 'Col' is not mapped.
Type: System.Data.EntityCommandExecutionException Inner Exception: "Invalid column name 'DisplayAsSoldOut'."
I've tried searching for this type of exception but to no avail. The column appears in the EDMX dataset just fine. I even created a small throwaway program and imported the EDMX to do a simple read from the database and it worked fine. Has anyone run across something similar?
Are there any good tutorials that show how to build and maintain entity models from scratch manually. The visual builder it comes with it quite buggy and pretty much useless. If I make a change in the database and then try to update model from database in the .edmx file, it does not work properly (like making a field Nullable). I have to completely delete and then re-generate that file again and I am not going to be doing that every single time I make a database change so I need to know how to build and maintain these classes manually. Note that I need the C# version, not VB.
I recently started explore MVC and just tried some samples around, i.e. MvcMusicStore.
As the sample DB in MvcMusicStore is quite small, I am wondering how should I design the edmx/entity for a bigger database, let say for an enterprise application, which has more than 20 tables as in AdventureWorks?
Thus, the question is should I include all in one edmx/entity or I should include multiple edmx/entities when I designing the model?
I'm working on the big project who has edmx file with lots of table. I want to update a table from DB. But when I update the edmx file, it also refresh the other tables from DB. How do I update single table?
I have an EDM, it includes the entities extension and history. My goal is to use history to keep track of all the changes made to extension entity. For example, if extension with ID 223 has its property 'Name_Display' changed - I want the history entity to record this.
I'm using ASP.NET with VB.NET. Where in my code do I put the hook to say, "update the history entity" and what should that hook look like?
I am mapping a stored procedure to an entity by right clicking on the entity (in the .edmx) and selecting "Stored Procedure Mapping." This brings you to a Mapping Details - "Name of Entity" Window that allows you to select the insert, update, and delete stored procedures associated with the Entity. It also maps the stored procedure parameter to the Entity "Property" (Column).
I'm gettin an error "error 2042: Parameter Mapping specified is not valid." The cause of the error is fairly obvious, in the Insert stored procedure that has been selected, a 'CHAR' parameter is being mapped to an Int32 Entity Property. I altered the stored procedure parameter to match the entity, I deleted the stored procedure, readded, and reslected it as the Insert function. I also cleaned, validated, updated model from database. No matter what I do, the parameter list in the mapping details doesn't reflect the change to the stored procedure. It's stuck on a char --> int32 mapping, even though it has been changed, like it's buried deep in meta data some where.
I'm writing a custom .NET MembershipProvider (not the built in one) and trying to update using Entity Framework. But of course i have no access to (Try)UpdateModel. How can i update it?
Is it possible to update an UpdatePanel manually using JavaScript or jQuery?
What I have is a TextBox at the top of my page. When a user leaves that TextBox I want to run some server code (it will add a record to my database) then at the bottom of the page I have an UpdatePanel which will get refreshed. The UpdatePanel has a GridView which will have an entry for the record added)
I have a GridView with bound columns, for which I am manually setting the ItemWidth and HeaderWidth to 500px, and nothing happens. Is there some trick to getting this to work?
This is a column a large amount of text in it, and it keeps sizing to the width of the header text, which is simply "note". I don't want to set Wrap to false, becuase then the colummn could be thousands of px wide in cases.
I am having a hard time updating from my gridview based the value that I am setting in the datakeynames it is the Ucc field I keep getting and index out of range exception on the e.keys[0]. I have done this before so I am confused what I am missing here.
I have a SQL table containing a timestamp column. This table is displayed in ASP using GridView control. The timestamp column is indicated in the DataKeyNames property of the GridView. I'm using TemplateFields for all columns and a ItemTemplate HiddenField control connected to the timestamp column using Eval.
The data is displayed properly. I'm trying implement the optimistic concurrency in C# using the value of above mentioned timestamp and a stored procedure. The SQL stored procedure expects the @timestamp as varbinary(8). I'm not sure how to pass the value of gv_hid_timestamp back to the stored procedure. I'm using the following:
resulting in the following error: "Input string was not in correct format." (I also tried different data types but with similar result). I want to be able to pass this parameter programmatically from C# and not have to specify it on the UpdateParameters list.
I've a problem. I am trying of rid a entity object,wich is a details of other object but when I execute the instruccion get a error. The error say: collection was modified;enumeration operation may not execute. This es el code:
I have a table converted from Access and the identity keys were lost. Now I need to make the id column the identity column, but it already has a lot of null values, how do I auto generate integer values for the null rows? The row ids are incremented, so if there is a way to auto increment the ids
I'm brand new to the Entity Framework and trying to learn all it can offer. I'm currently working my way through the MVC Music Store tutorial which includes the following code:
