Category: Entity Framework

Need to setup a “Created” DateTime field in your SQL table that is auto-computed to add the current date and time that the field is inserted into the database?  If you’re doing so in SQL – in the “Default Value…

Last we saw our intrepid developers they were creating their first “Code First + Migrations” 101 project – today we join them facing the dreaded “we want to do code first, but already have an existing database!!!”.  Can they survive?…

Had the need to randomly shuffle an IEnumerable collection that I was bringing back through Entity Framework – so did some searching and came across a couple solutions – some that were completely crazy – but took the best ideas,…

So for those who haven’t used Microsoft Entity Framework’s “Code First” approach to application development – it’s a very powerful approach that allows us developers to spin up a project with a database back end in record time!  Early on…

So for those who haven’t used Microsoft Entity Framework’s “Code First” approach to application development – it’s a very powerful approach that allows us developers to spin up a project with a database back end in record time!  Early on…