How to create a table corresponding to enum in EF6 Code First?

Question

I\'ve followed MSDN on how to handle enumerations in Code First for EF6. It worked, as supposed to but the field in the created table that refers to the enu

Answer 1

Another approach that works (and feels simpler to me) in EF Core:

Your Enum

public enum Color
{
    Red = 1,
    Blue = 2,
    Green = 3,
}

Db Tables

public class CustomObjectDto
{
    public int ID { get; set; }

    // ... other props

    public Color ColorID { get; set; }
    public ColorDto ColorDto { get; set; }
}

public class ColorDto
{
    public Color ID { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

Your DbContext

public class Db : DbContext
{
    public Db(DbContextOptions options) : base(options) { }

    public DbSet CustomObjects { get; set; }
    public DbSet Colors { get; set; }

    protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
    {
        // Seed database with all Colors
        foreach (Color color in Enum.GetValues(typeof(Color)).Cast())
        {
            ColorDto colorDto = new ColorDto
            {
                ID = color,
                Name = color.ToString(),
            };

            modelBuilder.Entity().HasData(colorDto);
        }
    }
}

In code I basically only use the enum Color (never ColorDto). But it's still nice to have the 'Colors' table with an FK in the 'CustomObjects' table for sql queries and views.