如何在实体框架中以字符串形式获取mysql中的char列类型

Question

Created entity model from MySql database. The table column of type char(16) is converted as System.Guid in entity.

All the code is based on string as i have used Sql Server for the application before. Now after converting the entity from MySql am having this problem. All over the code i have custome objects where i have used these as strings.

Tried to use some tricks from the articles i read but no use. done using the old connector/net but no use.

How can i get char type column in mySql as string?

Answer 1

MySQL and C# convert types different. Example:

varchar will be returned as a string for C#

char will be returned as a System.GUID

blob will be returned as a byte[]

As far as I know there is no such thing to convert them. Maybe a little workaround for you would be converting them in the set

      [NotMapped]
      private string _converter { get; set; }
      [Column(TypeName = "char"), StringLength(16)] 
      public string MyProperty 
      {
       get
       {
         return this._converter;
       }
       set
       {
         this._converter = Convert.ToString(value);
       }
      }