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EF4 Code only TPH change type of object

I am trying to figure out something with EF4 Code Only. If i use TPH and i wanted to change a saved Person to Instructor or vice versa, how would i accomplish this. My POCO classes: public class Person { public int PersonId { get; set; } public string FirstName { get; set; } public string LastName { get; set; } } publi...

RIA with Code First EF - Validating a new entity

My problem is that when I add a new entity with a required field, the entity doesn't show the validation error in the UI. I'm using using EF CTP4 Code First. My setup : I have an entity. public class Category { [Key] public int Id { get; set; } [Required] public string Name { get; set; } public string ImageUrl ...

Entity Framework 4 Code Only Get table name from MetaData for POCO domain object

Hi I am using Entity Framework code only from CTP4. My question is this: given the name of a domain class which is mapped using an EntityConfiguration how can I retrieve the table name for the mapped class at runtime? I'm assuming I need to be using the MetadataWorkspace on the ObjectContext, but finding it difficult to get up-to-date ...

Base Types with EntityFramework CodeOnly

I am having a lot of trouble with 'base types' in the Code Only model of the Entity Framework. I am having a lot of trouble with 'base types' in the Code Only model of the Entity Framework. When I try to run this code using a DbContext with a DbSet<Template>, I get the following error. A The navigation property 'Flags' is mapped t...