How to specify table name with Entity Framework Code First Fluent API

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bairog picture bairog · Nov 25, 2013 · Viewed 80.2k times · Source

I have an Entity and I am to configure Entity Framework to map it to a database table with different name.

I can easily do this with Code First DataAnnotations (DataAnnotations.Schema.TableAttribute).

But due to limitations now I have to use Code First Fluent API (my domain objects will be used by external clients, so they shouldn't be technology-specific - e.g. have any references to DataAnnotations)

I've searched on MSDN but found nothing. So is it possible and how?

Thank you.

Answer

Assaf S. picture Assaf S. · Jun 29, 2014

You can also use the Table annotation:

[Table("InternalBlogs")]
public class Blog

See: Code First Data Annotations

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