How to create a Clustered Index with Entity Framework Core

Question

From EF6.1, we have a way of specifying a clustered index on a property

public class Person 
{
  [Index(IsClustered = true, IsUnique = true)]
  public long U         


        

Answer 1

In the absence of built-in support, you can use a custom attribute of your own to annotate model properties and apply in OnModelCreating():

protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
    foreach (var entity in modelBuilder.Model.GetEntityTypes())
    {
        foreach (var prop in entity.GetProperties())
        {
            var attr = prop.PropertyInfo.GetCustomAttribute();
            if (attr != null)
            {
                var index = entity.AddIndex(prop);
                index.IsUnique = attr.IsUnique;
                index.SqlServer().IsClustered = attr.IsClustered;
            }
        }
    }
}

With a simple marker attribute class:

[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Property, AllowMultiple = false)]
public class IndexAttribute : Attribute
{
    public bool IsUnique { get; set; } 
    public bool IsClustered { get; set; } 
}

Then in your model class, just add the attribute to create a secondary index:

public class User
{
    public int UserId { get; set; }
    [Index(IsUnique = true, IsClustered = true)]
    public string Nickname { get; set; }
}