How to set NewId() for GUID in entity framework

Question

I am creating asp.net mvc4 sample.In this i created Id column as GUID in Sample table of datacontext.

public class Sample
{
    [Required]
    public Guid          


        

Answer 1

I would recommend just using long for your ID type. It "just works" with and has some performance gains over GUID. But if you want to use a GUID, you should use a Sequential GUID and set it in the constructor. I would also make ID a private setter:

public class Sample
{
    public Sample() {
        ID = GuidComb.Generate();
    }
    [Required]
    public Guid ID { get; private set; }
    [Required]
    public string FirstName { get; set; }
}

Sequential GUID

public static class GuidComb
    {
        public static Guid Generate()
        {
            var buffer = Guid.NewGuid().ToByteArray();

            var time = new DateTime(0x76c, 1, 1);
            var now = DateTime.Now;
            var span = new TimeSpan(now.Ticks - time.Ticks);
            var timeOfDay = now.TimeOfDay;

            var bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(span.Days);
            var array = BitConverter.GetBytes(
                (long)(timeOfDay.TotalMilliseconds / 3.333333));

            Array.Reverse(bytes);
            Array.Reverse(array);
            Array.Copy(bytes, bytes.Length - 2, buffer, buffer.Length - 6, 2);
            Array.Copy(array, array.Length - 4, buffer, buffer.Length - 4, 4);

            return new Guid(buffer);
        }
    }