ColumnAttribute Class

Specifies the database column that a property is mapped to.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Attribute
    System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.ColumnAttribute

Namespace:  System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations
Assembly:  EntityFramework (in EntityFramework.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Property, AllowMultiple := False)> _
Public Class ColumnAttribute _
    Inherits Attribute
'Usage
Dim instance As ColumnAttribute
[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Property, AllowMultiple = false)]
public class ColumnAttribute : Attribute
[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets::Property, AllowMultiple = false)]
public ref class ColumnAttribute : public Attribute
[<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Property, AllowMultiple = false)>]
type ColumnAttribute =  
    class
        inherit Attribute
    end
public class ColumnAttribute extends Attribute

The ColumnAttribute type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public method ColumnAttribute() Initializes a new instance of the ColumnAttribute class.
Public method ColumnAttribute(String) Initializes a new instance of the ColumnAttribute class.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public property Name The name of the column the property is mapped to.
Public property Order The zero-based order of the column the property is mapped to.
Public property TypeId (Inherited from Attribute.)
Public property TypeName The database provider specific data type of the column the property is mapped to.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method Equals (Inherited from Attribute.)
Protected method Finalize (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode (Inherited from Attribute.)
Public method GetType (Inherited from Object.)
Public method IsDefaultAttribute (Inherited from Attribute.)
Public method Match (Inherited from Attribute.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString (Inherited from Object.)

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Explicit Interface Implementations

  Name Description
Explicit interface implemetationPrivate method _Attribute.GetIDsOfNames (Inherited from Attribute.)
Explicit interface implemetationPrivate method _Attribute.GetTypeInfo (Inherited from Attribute.)
Explicit interface implemetationPrivate method _Attribute.GetTypeInfoCount (Inherited from Attribute.)
Explicit interface implemetationPrivate method _Attribute.Invoke (Inherited from Attribute.)

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Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations Namespace

Other Resources

Entity Framework 4.1

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