C# - Dynamically Loading SQL Tables In Entity Framework?
Feb 18, 2011
I need to dynamically access some SQL tables hopefully using the Entity Framework. Here's some pseudo code:
var Account = DB.Accounts.SingleOrDefault(x => x.ID == 12345);
which will return me an Account object and this contains some fields called "PREFIX", "CAMPAIGN ID" and further information about the accounts are stored in separate SQL tables with the naming convention of PREFIX_CAMPAIGNID_MAIN.
The tables all have the same fields so I was thinking of creating a new Entity that isn't mapped anywhere and then dynamically loading it, like so:
var STA01_MAIN = new MyAccount(); // my "un-mapped" entity
DB.LoadTable('STA01_MAIN').LoadInto(STA01_MAIN);
I can now get anything about the STA01_MAIN account: STA01_MAIN.AccountId. So my question is: how do I access these tables using the Entity Framework?
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