Question

I am creating an OData service with WCF Data Services using an EDMX. How can I create a computed property for an entity type, so that its value gets computed in the service (C#) and does not come from the database?
The value of this property is based on the value of other properties, which are mapped to fields in the database.

Answer 1

The solution I found is to use Entity Framework Code First instead of an EDMX. It allows you to create computed properties just by creating standard properties in code.
Here is an example:

public class Person
{
  public String FirstName { get; set; }
  public String LastName { get; set; }
  public String FullName
  {
    get { return FirstName + " " + LastName; }
  }
}