I am using code first approach in a ASP.NET MVC 3 application and all integer primary keys in models (public int Id { get; set; }) are by default configured as an identity with auto-incrementing. How to disable this and enable a way to manually enter the integer for the primary key?
The actual situation is that the Id integers have a special meaning and I would therefore like to have them choosable at creation and later editable. It would be ideal if in case the integer is not given at creation time it is auto-incremented, else the specified value is used. But editable primary fields is my primary need. Is there any way to do this elegantly in ASP.NET MVC 3?
Use these data annotation options:
[System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.KeyAttribute()][System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.DatabaseGenerated(System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.DatabaseGeneratedOption.None)]