How can I configure Entity Framework to automatically trim values retrieved for specific columns mapped to char(N) fields?

Question

I\'m working with a third-party database in which all text values are stored as char(n). Some of these text values are primary keys, whereas others are just nor

Answer 1

If you are using Entity Framework Core, you can use Conversion like this:

entity.Property(e => e.Name)
             .HasConversion(
                new ValueConverter(v => v.TrimEnd(), v => v.TrimEnd()));