Add index with entity framework code first (CTP5)

Question

Is there a way to get EF CTP5 to create an index when it creates a schema?

Update: See here for how EF 6.1 handles this (as pointed out by juFo belo

Answer 1

This feature should be available in the near-future via data annotations and the Fluent API. Microsoft have added it into their public backlog:

http://entityframework.codeplex.com/workitem/list/basic?keywords=DevDiv [Id=87553]

Until then, you'll need to use a seed method on a custom Initializer class to execute the SQL to create the unique index, and if you're using code-first migrations, create a new migration for adding the unique index, and use the CreateIndex and DropIndex methods in your Up and Down methods for the migration to create and drop the index.