Question

I’m using code-first in entity-framework 4, Entity Framework Feature CTP 3

Is it possible to specify an entity configuration’s name? In effect changing the table name from ‘xxxSet’ to a name of my choice?

Answer 1

Found the documentation. You want to do something like:

public class BloggingModel : ObjectContext
{
    public BloggingModel(EntityConnection connection)
        : base(connection)
    {
        DefaultContainerName = "BloggingModel";
    }

    public IObjectSet<User> Users   // ObjectSet name -- you can call it whatever you want
    {
        get { return base.CreateObjectSet<User>(); }
    }
}

class UserConfiguration : EntityConfiguration<User>
{
    public UserConfiguration() 
    {
        Property(u => u.Password).HasMaxLength(15).IsRequired();

        Relationship(u => u.AuthoredPosts).FromProperty(p => p.Author);
        Relationship(u => u.PostedPosts).FromProperty(p => p.Poster);

        MapHierarchy( 
            u => EntityMap.Row( 
                EntityMap.Column(u.ID, "uid"),
                EntityMap.Column(u.Password)
            )
        ).ToTable("Users");  // DB table name -- again, anything you like
    }
}

Again, see the linked post for full info.