Why is EF trying to insert NULL in id-column?

Question

I am writing my project using Entity Framework 4.0 (Model first). At the beginning of the project, I faced with this problem: I am trying to insert the filled object in the database, but I get an exeption:

Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'CategoryId', table 'ForumDB.dbo.Categories'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails. The statement has been terminated.

Code:

    Category usingCategory = new Category("Using Forums", "usingforums", 0);
    using (Context)
    {
        Context.Categories.AddObject(usingCategory);
        Context.SaveChanges();
    }

I checked this object, and I am sure that it is filled.

Just in case:

public Category(string name, string urlName, int index)
{
    CategoryId = Guid.NewGuid();
    Name = name;
    UrlName = urlName;
    CategoryIndex = index;
}

What is going on?

Answer 1

Have a look at this: https://stackoverflow.com/a/5338384/171703 - entity framework might be assuming that your CategoryId field is an identity and therefore passing null to the database expecting it to fill it for you.