Creating Unique Index with Entity Framework 6.1 fluent API

Question

I have a column \"Name\" that must be unqiue. No foreign key or anything like that.

EF 6.1 finally supports creating such indexes via Annotations. That has been disc

Answer 1

For me, using MVC 5 and EF 6, the key point was specifying a length on the string property where I wanted to place the index.

protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder){
    //More stuff
    modelBuilder.Entity().Property(c => c.Name).HasColumnType("nvarchar").HasMaxLength(50);
    modelBuilder.Entity().HasIndex(c => c.Name).IsUnique(true); 
}