EF Code First - Invalid column name

Question

Im getting an error \"Invalid column name \'FeeLevel_LevelId\' which makes absolutely no sense considering all properties are simple types and there is no FeeLevel nor a Lev

Answer 1

FeeLevel.MemberFeeDiscountLevels is a navigation property and it introduces a one-to-many relationship between FeeLevel and MemberFeeDiscountLevel: A FeeLevel can have many MemberFeeDiscountLevels which means at the same time that a MemberFeeDiscountLevel has a single FeeLevel. Although you don't have a navigation and foreign key property in MemberFeeDiscountLevel the database must have a foreign key in the MemberFeeDiscountLevel table in order to model this relationship. EF assumes a default FK name as "related entity name+underscore+primary key name" = FeeLevel_LevelId. Because your database table doesn't have this column you get the exception.