Wondering if Entity Framework 5 supports unique constraints on entity properties? If so, how can I specify that a property should be unique?
Wondering if Entity Framework 5 supports unique constraints on entity properties? If so, how
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Wondering if Entity Framework 5 supports unique constraints on entity properties? If so, how can I specify that a property should be unique?
No, it doesn’t. There were plans in the past to include a unique constraint feature in EF 5.0:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/efdesign/archive/2011/03/09/unique-constraints-in-the-entity-framework.aspx
But you can see that there is an update on top of the post:
You can vote on the feature to raise possibly the priority it gets implemented with…
http://data.uservoice.com/forums/72025-entity-framework-feature-suggestions/suggestions/1050579-unique-constraint-i-e-candidate-key-support
…because apparently it isn’t even on the roadmap for EF 6.0 at the moment:
http://entityframework.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Roadmap