Getting the Schema from an EDMX file

Question

I need to modify the T4 template POCO.tt to retrieve the database schema from the EDMX file. I can see the schema stored in an EntitySet tag in the XML. However I cannot find the schema anywhere when using an EntitySet object.

Anyone know where I would find the database schema?

Thanks

Answer 1

I think I misunderstood your question the first time. Have you examined the edmx schema for any clues?

According to this link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc982042.aspx

The schema for applications that target the .NET Framework version 4 is defined in the Microsoft.Data.Entity.Design.Edmx_2.xsd file. The schema for applications that target the .NET Framework version 3.5 SP1 is defined in the Microsoft.Data.Entity.Design.Edmx_1.xsd file.

Those are in %VS100COMNTOOLS%\..\..\Xml\Schemas\ for VS 2010, and %VS90COMNTOOLS%\..\..\Xml\Schemas\ (the 3.5 only) for VS 2008