XML columns in a Code-First application

Question

I\'m trying to create an XML column in Code First. I\'m well aware Entity Framework doesn\'t fully support XML columns, and that it reads them as a string. That\'s fine. I w

Answer 1

Have you tried:

public String XmlContent { get; set; }

public XElement XmlValueWrapper
{
    get { return XElement.Parse(XmlContent); }
    set { XmlContent = value.ToString(); }
}

public partial class XmlEntityMap : EntityTypeConfiguration
{
    public XmlEntityMap()
    {
        // ...
        this.Property(c => c.XmlContent).HasColumnType("xml");

        this.Ignore(c => c.XmlValueWrapper);
    }
}