Joining tables from two databases using entity framework

Question

I am working on an ASP.NET MVC 4 web application. I am using Entity Framework as the data access layer, using database first approach (.edmx file).

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Answer 1

Might I suggest that you look into using a synonym in your database. For instance, you can create a synonym to the resources table in the database that your tech table is located. This will ensure that you will not need to maintain 2 EDMX files. Instead you can have a single EDMX file and you can simply join your tech table to the synonym of the resource table and voila - you are on your way.

UPDATE: Please note that if you are using synonyms there is an extra bit of work you will need to do to the EDMX file to get it working in Entity Framework. Here is a blog post that was put out by a programmer who got it to work. Here is the original stackoverflow question she asked.

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