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bradirby View Drop Down
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    Posted: 29-Jun-2011 at 4:54am
EF does not support enums in the entities.  Does DevForce support this?
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Hi bradirby;

DevForce supported enums back in Classic days but we haven't carried the feature forward and haven't seen enough demand to implement it again.

You're right that EF doesn't support enums but they provide workarounds that should also be applicable in DF. Here's a couple of findings.

Using Custom Property (will not work with LINQ query) - http://cticoder.wordpress.com/2008/08/16/using-enums-with-entity-framework/



Hope this helps.
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EF June 2011 CTP will somewhat support enums.
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Posts: 166 		Post Options Post Options   Quote stephenmcd1 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30-Jun-2011 at 6:04pm
Originally posted by DenisK

DevForce supported enums back in Classic days but we haven't carried the feature forward and haven't seen enough demand to implement it again.

Consider this a vote for Dev Force to support enums.  We'd like to be using enums in many places in our model but the current limitations you mentioned make it too much effort.  But if EF supports this natively at some point, it would be great if Dev Force could too!

-Stephen
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Thanks for the vote and feedback Stephen. I'll let the development team know about this.
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