An existing DB schema has unique, non-primary, keys, and some foreign keys that rely on them.
Is it possible to define unique keys, which are not primary keys, in Entity Framework v4? How?
An existing DB schema has unique, non-primary, keys, and some foreign keys that rely on them.
Is it possible to define unique keys, which are not primary keys, in Entity Framework v4? How?
I've tried defining the following tables:
And a foreign key mapping from OrderItems.FriendlyOrderNum (Mant) to Orders.FriendlyOrderNum (one).
If unique non-primary keys are possible the following SSDL should work:
<Schema Namespace="EfUkFk_DbModel.Store" Alias="Self" Provider="System.Data.SqlClient" ProviderManifestToken="2008" xmlns:store="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/12/edm/EntityStoreSchemaGenerator" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2009/02/edm/ssdl">
<EntityContainer Name="EfUkFk_DbModelStoreContainer">
<EntitySet Name="OrderItems" EntityType="EfUkFk_DbModel.Store.OrderItems" store:Type="Tables" Schema="dbo" />
<EntitySet Name="Orders" EntityType="EfUkFk_DbModel.Store.Orders" store:Type="Tables" Schema="dbo" />
</EntityContainer>
<EntityType Name="OrderItems">
<Key>
<PropertyRef Name="RowId" />
</Key>
<Property Name="RowId" Type="bigint" Nullable="false" StoreGeneratedPattern="Identity" />
<Property Name="OrderNum" Type="char" Nullable="false" MaxLength="5" />
<Property Name="ItemName" Type="varchar" MaxLength="100" />
</EntityType>
<!--Errors Found During Generation:
warning 6035: The relationship 'FK_OrderItems_Orders' has columns that are not part of the key of the table on the primary side of the relationship. The relationship was excluded.
-->
<EntityType Name="Orders">
<Key>
<PropertyRef Name="RowId" />
</Key>
<Property Name="RowId" Type="bigint" Nullable="false" StoreGeneratedPattern="Identity" />
<Property Name="ClientName" Type="varchar" MaxLength="100" />
<Property Name="OrderNum" Type="char" Nullable="false" MaxLength="5" />
</EntityType>
<!-- AsafR -->
<Association Name="FK_OrderItems_Orders">
<End Role="Orders" Type="EfUkFk_DbModel.Store.Orders" Multiplicity="1">
</End>
<End Role="OrderItems" Type="EfUkFk_DbModel.Store.OrderItems" Multiplicity="*" />
<ReferentialConstraint>
<Principal Role="Orders">
<PropertyRef Name="OrderNum" />
</Principal>
<Dependent Role="OrderItems">
<PropertyRef Name="OrderNum" />
</Dependent>
</ReferentialConstraint>
</Association>
</Schema></edmx:StorageModels>
It doesn't. There's also no possibility for adding more elements in an .
My conclusion is that non-primary unique keys are not support in EF 4.