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

I might be a bit late for the party but I didn't find the answer I was looking for here.

While looking around in the EntityFramework documentation I found the solution, it is the first example in Value Conversions

With this you can make a nice extension method if you want. i.e.

public static void HasEnum(this EntityTypeBuilder entityBuilder, Expression> propertyExpression)
        where TEntity : class
        where TProperty : Enum
    {
        entityBuilder.Property(propertyExpression)
            .HasConversion(
                v => v.ToString(),
                v => (TProperty)Enum.Parse(typeof(TProperty), v)
            );
    }

Then use it in your OnModelCreating:

protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
    modelBuilder.Entity()
        .HasEnum(e => e.YourProperty);
}