EF5 Code First Enums and Lookup Tables

Question

I\'d like to define an enum for EF5 to use, and a corresponding lookup table. I know EF5 now supports enums, but out-of-the-box, it seems it only supports this at the objec

Answer 1

I have created a package for it

https://www.nuget.org/packages/SSW.Data.EF.Enums/1.0.0

Use

EnumTableGenerator.Run("your object context", "assembly that contains enums");

"your object context" - is your EntityFramework DbContext "assembly that contains enums" - an assembly that contains your enums

Call EnumTableGenerator.Run as part of your seed function. This will create tables in sql server for each Enum and populate it with correct data.