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regularmike
regularmike

Reputation: 1167

Why should I specify a data context class when scaffolding a view?

When adding a new view to an ASP.NET MVC 5 project using the Add View dialog pictured below, I'm invited to choose a template and a model class, which allows me to quickly generate a form for creating new instances of the model or a view that displays the model's properties. But why should the view care what the data context class is? In my project, whether or not I specify the data context class, the same view is generated, but I'm guessing there's a scenario where it would make a difference. What might that be?

ASP.NET MVC

Upvotes: 12

Views: 5618

Answers (1)

Andrew
Andrew

Reputation: 2675

If you refer to an existing DbContext then the wizard will insert public DbSet<Employee> Employee { get; set; } (if it doesn't already exist) in your DbContext derived class . Looks like Visual Studio doing some of the leg work.

Upvotes: 7

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