Question

My model classes are:

public class User
{
    public User()
    {
        Polls = new List<Poll>();
    }
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public String FirstName { get; set; }
    public String LastName { get; set; }

    ICollection<Poll> Polls { get; set; }

}

public class Poll
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public int PositiveCount { get; set; }
    public int NegativeCount { get; set; }
    public String Description { get; set; }
    public User User { get; set; }

}

public class PollsContext : DbContext
{
    public DbSet<User> Users { get; set; }
    public DbSet<Poll> Polls { get; set; }
}

EF created a table User_Id column for Polls table.
In the Create view of the Poll, I want to specify the UserId for new poll belongs too, but intellisense shows there is no access to model.UserId, there is a model.User.Id, which is not allowing me create a Poll for existing user and rather creates new User with new Id and no association is created.

<div class="editor-label">
        @Html.LabelFor(model => model.User.Id)
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
        @Html.EditorFor(model => model.User.Id)
        @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.User.Id)
</div>

What is the right way of creating a new Poll for an existing User then ?

Answer 1

public class Poll
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public int PositiveCount { get; set; }
    public int NegativeCount { get; set; }
    public String Description { get; set; }
    public int UserId { get; set; }
    public User User { get; set; }
}