Cannot insert the value NULL into column in ASP.NET MVC Entity Framework

Question

When trying to use this code:

var model = new MasterEntities();

var customer = new Customers();
customer.Sessionid = 25641;

model.Customers.Add(customer);
         


        

Answer 1

You can configure SQL to auto-generate (and auto-increment) the primary key for the table upon inserts. Then just remove the [Key] in C# and you don't need to set the ID in the application manually, the db will generate it for you.

Answer 2

I solved it by adding [DatabaseGenerated(DatabaseGeneratedOption.None)] like this:

public class Customers
    {   
        [Key]
        [DatabaseGenerated(DatabaseGeneratedOption.None)]
        public long Sessionid { get; set; }
        public long? Pers { get; set; }
    }

Answer 3

I have encountered this problem multiple times while working with Microsoft SQL Server and I have followed the same way to fix it. To solve this problem, make sure Identity Specification is set to Yes. Here's how it looks like:

In this way the column number auto increments as a primary key normally would.

HOW?: right-click the table that contains the column, choose Design, select the primary key and in Column Properties window find Identity Specification and set it to Yes.