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C# Entity Framework Basics Extending Our Entity Data Model Using a One-to-Many Relationship

olu adesina
olu adesina
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Posted by olu adesina
olu adesina
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why are we not creating a dbset property of type series in the context class ? entity framework

how does entity framework know about the other tables/enties without them being declared in the context class

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

A DbSet for the Series isn't needed because the Series entity is not directly referenced through the context.

But it has a one-to-many relationship with ComicBook, which causes it to be included in the conceptual model when ComicBook is referenced on the context. This also causes it to be included in the storage model, and then to be created as a table.

Conceptual model creation is discussed in the Where's Our Data? video starting at about 4 minutes.