Question

Simple: How do I get the mapped table name from a DbEntityEntry object? I’m inside a class that extends DbContext. I’ve seen examples for ObjectContext but doesn’t apply to CF.

Thanks.

Answer 1

As stated in another answer, the table name can be obtained using the IObjectContextAdapter

 private string GetTableName(DbEntityEntry ent)
        {
            ObjectContext objectContext = ((IObjectContextAdapter) this).ObjectContext;
            Type entityType = ent.Entity.GetType();

            if (entityType.BaseType != null && entityType.Namespace == "System.Data.Entity.DynamicProxies")
                entityType = entityType.BaseType;

            string entityTypeName = entityType.Name;

            EntityContainer container =
                objectContext.MetadataWorkspace.GetEntityContainer(objectContext.DefaultContainerName, DataSpace.CSpace);
            string entitySetName = (from meta in container.BaseEntitySets
                                    where meta.ElementType.Name == entityTypeName
                                    select meta.Name).First();
            return entitySetName;
        }

The above code also tests for proxies. Hope this helps someone else who comes to this link as I assume the original poster solved this a long time ago.