Disabling identity (auto-incrementing) on integer primary key using code first

Question

I am using code first approach in a ASP.NET MVC 3 application and all integer primary keys in models (public int Id { get; set; }) are by default configured as an identity with auto-incrementing. How to disable this and enable a way to manually enter the integer for the primary key?

The actual situation is that the Id integers have a special meaning and I would therefore like to have them choosable at creation and later editable. It would be ideal if in case the integer is not given at creation time it is auto-incremented, else the specified value is used. But editable primary fields is my primary need. Is there any way to do this elegantly in ASP.NET MVC 3?

Answer 1

Use these data annotation options:

• [System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.KeyAttribute()]
• [System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.DatabaseGenerated(System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.DatabaseGeneratedOption.None)]