C# EF6 Code First binary(16) column

Question

When building a class and I want an nvarchar(255) I can decorate the property with:

[StringLength(255)]
public string Name { get; set; }

What can I do for a byte[] to make sure the column that gets created is a binary(16) in the database?

Thanks.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 06 '15 at 01:10

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You would use the following:

[MaxLength(16)]
public byte[] SomeByteArray { get; set; }

answered Nov 06 '15 at 01:10

I have not tested this but I am assuming it will make a varbinary(16), I am needing a binary(16) – Cyberdrew Nov 06 '15 at 02:36
Looks like you are going to have to use the fluent syntax in this case: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29062144/make-ef-map-byte-array-to-binary-instead-of-varbinary – Nov 06 '15 at 17:24
According to [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/32556396/4265041) it is possible using data annotation attributes. – Steven Rands Sep 06 '16 at 13:52

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