This is my first attempting at creating my own EF model, and I'm finding myself stuck attempting to create a lookup table association using Code First so I can access:
myProduct.Category.AltCategoryID
I have setup models and mappings as I understand to be correct, but continue to get error 0019: Each property name in a type must be unique. Property name 'CategoryID' was already defined
The following models are represented in my code:
[Table("Product", Schema="mySchema")]
public class Product {
[Key, DatabaseGenerated(System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.DatabaseGeneratedOption.None)]
public int ProductID { get; set; }
public int CategoryID { get; set; }
public virtual Category Category { get; set; }
}
[Table("Category", Schema="mySchema")]
public class Category {
[Key, DatabaseGenerated(System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.DatabaseGeneratedOption.None)]
public int CategoryID { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public int AltCategoryID { get; set; }
}
I have specified the associations with:
modelBuilder.Entity<Product>()
.HasOptional(p => p.Category)
.WithRequired()
.Map(m => m.MapKey("CategoryID"));
I've tried a few other things, including adding the [ForeignKey] annotation, but that results in an error containing a reference to the ProductID field.