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Referencing schema names for tables in the Entity Framework


How do you explicitally tell EF that a table lies in a specific schema?

For example, the AdventureWorks database defines the Production.Product table. When using the OnModelCreating method, I use the following code:

protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
    EntityTypeConfiguration<Product> config = modelBuilder.Entity<Product>();

    config.HasKey(p => p.ProductID);
    config.Property(p => p.Price).HasColumnName("ListPrice");
    config.ToTable("Product");
}

However, when it is run, it says it Invalid object name: dbo.Product.

I have tried:

config.ToTable("Production.Product");
//and
config.HasEntityName("Production");

but both fail as well.


Solution

  • ToTable has overloaded version which accepts two parameters: table name and schema name so correct version is:

    config.ToTable("Product", "Production");