Code-First Reference one-to-many

sadhat75 picture sadhat75 · Feb 8, 2011 · Viewed 7.6k times · Source

I have the following two tables:

LOCALIZATION

Id                     int
Text                   string

DINER

Id                     int
Name                   string
Description            string
Name_LocalizationID    int
Description_LocationID int

Now I want my POCO like this:

public class Diner{
   public int Id{get;set;}
   public ICollection<Localization> NameLocalization{get;set;}
   public ICollection<Localization> DescriptionLocalization{get;set;} 
}

public class Localization{
   public int Id{get;set;}
   public string Text{get;set;}
}

Question is: How we can map NameLocalization and DescriptionLocalization property to Localization's Id with EF Fluent API? Thanks

Answer

Morteza Manavi picture Morteza Manavi · Feb 9, 2011

SQL Server does not support multiple cascade deletes, so you need to make one of your associations optional in order to derive a SQL Server schema from your object model:

protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
    modelBuilder.Entity<Diner>()
        .HasRequired(diner => diner.NameLocalization)
        .WithMany()
        .IsIndependent()
        .Map(s => 
        { 
            s.MapKey(localization => localization.Id, "NameLocalizationID"); 
        });

    modelBuilder.Entity<Diner>()
        .HasOptional(diner => diner.DescriptionLocalization)
        .WithMany()
        .IsIndependent()
        .Map(s => 
        { 
            s.MapKey(localization => localization.Id, "DescriptionLocationID"); 
        });
}