EF 5 Model First Approach- How to avoid Table names from pluralized

Question

I'm using Entity Framewrok 5.0 Model First approach using Visual Studio 2012 express. The generated database tables are pluralized. How do I avoid this? Please advice. I'm using Model First approach (Designed the entities in the EF designer and generated
the Database.) . Please note that following technic does not apply to this scenario as it applies to code - first approach.
using System.Data.Entity.ModelConfiguration.Conventions;
protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
modelBuilder.Conventions.Remove<PluralizingTableNameConvention>();

Answer 1

Hi Arasheed,
Welcome to the MSDN forum.
I tested your problem. It seems a default setting that Table names are pluralized. If you want to avoid pluralizing, you can do it manually:
Right click the empty area and select “Generate Database from Model…”.
Choose the correct connection and click “Next”.
You will see the generated DDL. Please copy all the content, then click “Cancel”.
Click “Data” on the Visual Studio bar and select “Tansact-SQL Editor”. Then click “New Query Connection…”.
Connect to the right server.
Paste the DDL we copied before.
Modify the table creation lines. Note: do not forget to change the corresponding name in constraints.
Right click the empty area and click “Execute SQL”.
In addition, you can submit your feature requests here to improve Entity Framework:
http://data.uservoice.com/forums/72025-ado-net-entity-framework-ef-feature-suggestions
Good day.
Alexander Sun [MSFT]
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