SqlServerEntityTypeBuilderExtensions.HasPeriodStart Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore

Assembly:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer.dll

Package:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer v6.0.0

Package:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer v7.0.0

Package:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer v8.0.0

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Configures a period start property for the entity mapped to a temporal table.

public static Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders.IConventionEntityTypeBuilder? HasPeriodStart (this Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders.IConventionEntityTypeBuilder entityTypeBuilder, string? propertyName, bool fromDataAnnotation = false);

static member HasPeriodStart : Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders.IConventionEntityTypeBuilder * string * bool -> Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders.IConventionEntityTypeBuilder

<Extension()>
Public Function HasPeriodStart (entityTypeBuilder As IConventionEntityTypeBuilder, propertyName As String, Optional fromDataAnnotation As Boolean = false) As IConventionEntityTypeBuilder

Parameters

entityTypeBuilder: IConventionEntityTypeBuilder

The builder for the entity being configured.

propertyName: String

The name of the period start property.

fromDataAnnotation: Boolean

Indicates whether the configuration was specified using a data annotation.

Returns

IConventionEntityTypeBuilder

The same builder instance if the configuration was applied, null otherwise.

Remarks

See Using SQL Server temporal tables with EF Core for more information and examples.

Applies to