Creating a non mapped property in an entity (entity framework)

Question

Hi all, I want to create a custom property on one of my entities mapped from the database, however this property is not mapped to the database, I created the property using partial classes but when trying to compile I get an error telling me that the property is not mapped. Is there an attribute or something I should add? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Use partial classes to add the properties or methods you want added. E.g.

namespace WhateverNamespaceYourEntityModelIsIn
{
    public class partial TheNameOfYourEntity
    {
          public string MyNewProperty { get; set; }
    }
}

and that should do you.