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
	ColumnAttribute()	Initializes a new instance of the ColumnAttribute class.
	ColumnAttribute(String)	Initializes a new instance of the ColumnAttribute class.

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Properties

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

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Methods

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

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Explicit Interface Implementations

	Name	Description
	_Attribute.GetIDsOfNames	(Inherited from Attribute.)
	_Attribute.GetTypeInfo	(Inherited from Attribute.)
	_Attribute.GetTypeInfoCount	(Inherited from Attribute.)
	_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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