Identifiers.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer

Summary

The Identifiers.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer library is an extension on Identifiers.

This library is Cross-platform, supporting netstandard2.1.

Installing Identifiers.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer

You should install Identifiers.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer with NuGet:

Install-Package Identifiers.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer

Or via the .NET Core command line interface:

dotnet add package Identifiers.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer

Either commands, from Package Manager Console or .NET Core CLI, will download and install Identifiers.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer and all required dependencies.

Dependencies

• Identifiers
• Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore
• Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer

Usage

IIf you're using EntityFrameworkCore and you want to use this Identifier type in your entities, then you can use Identifiers.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer package which includes a DbContextOptionsBuilder.UseIdentifiers<[InternalClrType:short|int|long|Guid]>() extension method, allowing you to register all needed IValueConverterSelectors and IMigrationsAnnotationProviders. It also includes a PropertyBuilder<Identifier>.IdentifierValueGeneratedOnAdd() extension method, allowing you to register all needed configuration to use SqlServerValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityColumn.

To use it:

...
using Identifiers.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer;

public class Startup
{
    ...
    
    // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to add services to the container.
    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
    {
        ...
         services.AddDbContextPool<YourDbContext>((serviceProvider, options) =>
                    options.UseIdentifiers<short|int|long|Guid>()
                );
                
         // or
                
         services.AddDbContext<YourDbContext>((serviceProvider, options) =>
                    options.UseIdentifiers<short|int|long|Guid>()
                );
        ...
    }
    
    ...

Using the PropertyBuilder:

...
using Identifiers.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer;

public class YourDbContext : DbContext
{
    ...
    protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
    {
        ...
        modelBuilder.Entity<YourEntity>()
            .Property(e => e.YourIdProperty)
            .IdentifierValueGeneratedOnAdd();
    }
    ...

Debugging

If you want to debug the source code, thats possible. SourceLink is enabled. To use it, you have to change Visual Studio Debugging options:

Debug => Options => Debugging => General

Set the following settings:

[  ] Enable Just My Code

[X] Enable .NET Framework source stepping

[X] Enable source server support

[X] Enable source link support

Now you can use 'step into' (F11).