MetaDataMember.IsPrimaryKey Property
Definition
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When overridden in a derived class, gets a value that indicates whether this member is part of the type's identity.
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abstract property bool IsPrimaryKey { bool get(); };public abstract bool IsPrimaryKey { get; }member this.IsPrimaryKey : boolPublic MustOverride ReadOnly Property IsPrimaryKey As BooleanProperty Value
true if this member is part of the type's identity; otherwise, false.
Remarks
If this property is true, the class member represents a column that is part of the table's unique key. More than one member of the class can have this property set to true for a key that is a composite of the associated columns. For an entity class, at least one member must have this attribute and should be mapped to the primary key or a unique key in the corresponding table or view. Otherwise, LINQ to SQL considers instances of the class as read-only for the purpose of submitting changes to the database.
The set of columns identified with IsPrimaryKey are not required to be the primary key. They simply denote a set that uniquely identifies the entity. Common alternatives include clustering index columns or other unique key columns.
