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Asked: 2026-06-11T12:27:45+00:00

This is a really weird error, I have looked online and can not see

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This is a really weird error, I have looked online and can not see any obvious reasons why this is happening.

I am using Database First Entity Framework version 5 and have added 4 tables called:

  • WorkStatus
  • JobStatus
  • SubJobStatus
  • SubJobStageStatus

JobStatus, SubJobStatus and SubJobStageStatus each has a foreign key constraint to WorkStatus.

I have updated my edmx to include these tables but for some reason each table is missing the last s from the word Status. So the tables and their navigation properties are now called:

  • WorkStatu
  • JobStatu
  • SubJobStatu
  • SubJobStageStatu

Does anyone know why this happens?

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  1. Editorial Team

    “-Status” is being interpreted as a plural, and Entity Framework is being “helpful” by de-pluralizing.

    For example, if you have a table called “Customers” EF will generate an entity called “Customer”, which is in fact nicer in code:

    var customer = new Customer();

    It isn’t working out so well in your case; your tables are already singular.

    You can rename your tables to “-Statuses” or update the names in the designer or disable pluralization:

    Under Tools > Options
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