How to automatically generate identity for an Oracle database through Entity framework?

Question

I\'m using Oracle provider for Entity framework (beta), and I\'m facing a problem.

Our tables have Id columns, which are set to be Identity in StoreGeneratedPattern.

Answer 1

Another option would be:

Create a sequence the way Alextansc described. Create a stored procedure that uses MySequence.nextval as it's primary key.

Map 'insert' for this model to your stored procedure and it works!

I've tested this using database first approach.

Using database first mapping to a stored procedure is pretty simple. Go to your edmx file and right click the model you want to map to a stored procedure. Click "stored procedure mappings." The dialog at the bottom of the page gives you three drop down menus for mapping insert, update, and delete to stored procedures.