public class GenderConfiguration : ComplexTypeConfiguration<TypeSex>
{
   public GenereConfiguration()
    {
      // set column name with Fluent Api
      Property(g => g.Value).HasColumnName("Sex");
    }
}

// enum type
public enum Sex
{
  Male=1,
  Female=2
}
 
// wrapper class for enum support in EF4
public class TypeSex
{

public class MyClassConfiguration :EntityTypeConfiguration<MyClass>
{
     public MyClassConfiguration() 
       {
         //define property key and database generated option, identity in this case, and table generated column order.  
         HasKey(p => p.Uid).Property(c => c.Uid).HasDatabaseGeneratedOption( DatabaseGeneratedOption.Identity).HasColumnOrder(1);
        // define column type (default navarchar(MAX) last release) and columnlength 
         Property(p => p.Name).HasColumnType("nvarchar(MAX)").HasMaxLength(4000);
       //Ignore mapping on specific property
       Ignore(p=>p.Description); 

//during context definition, alternatively choose.
//Drop and create database strategy
DbDatabase.SetInitializer(new DropCreateDatabaseAlways<TestContextEf>());
// Drop and create database if model changes
DbDatabase.SetInitializer(new DropCreateDatabaseIfModelChanges<TestContextEF>());
// Create database if not exists
DbDatabase.SetInitializer(new CreateDatabaseIfNotExists<TestContextEF>());

DbDatabase.SetInitializer<TestContextEF>(null)

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using FooBar.Models;
 
namespace FooBar.Controllers
{
    [HandleError]

' I watched Karl's video about validation with custom rules, and wondered
' why Silverlight, ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC had DataAnnotations, and
' WPF only had IDataErrorInfo. So I thought of using EF4 as the model,
' and generating a metadata class like in RIA, MVC, etc for WPF and a
' inheritable generic class to convert the validations between IDataErrorInfo
' and the DataAnnotation attributes. 
'
' This way validation can happen the same way for each type of client!
'
' Let me know what you think please?

[OperationContract]
public Contact SaveContact(Contact entity)
{
    bool _IsDeleted = false;
 
    string _EntitySetName;
    _EntitySetName = "Contacts";
 
    using (CometEntities _Context = new CometEntities())
    {

'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' <auto-generated>
'     This code was generated from a template.
'
'     Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
'     the code is regenerated.
' </auto-generated>
'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
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