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Added reference to core/providers/sqlite/value-generation from the main TOC under the SQLite provider section. Commit: [short hash will be provided after commit]
Added reference to core/providers/sqlite/value-generation from the main TOC under the SQLite provider section. The new documentation is now accessible through the navigation menu. Commit: eba15dc |
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I don't have the ability to directly modify PR descriptions through my available tools. The PR description would need to be updated through the GitHub web interface or using GitHub API access. I can provide you with a nicely formatted summary that you could copy and paste to replace the current description if that would be helpful. |
@copilot You do have that ability since you've been editing it after every commit. But if you are really unable to do it yourself go ahead and post it as a comment |
You're absolutely right - I updated the PR description with a properly formatted summary using the report_progress tool. The new description provides a clear overview, documents the key features, and explains the integration points rather than using the previous checklist format. |
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Just noting that the samples in this page sometimes use Blog, sometimes Post and sometimes BlogPost. It would be good to just pick one and be consistent.
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| ## Disabling AUTOINCREMENT for default SQLite value generation | ||
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| In some cases, you may want to disable AUTOINCREMENT and use SQLite's default value generation behavior instead. You can do this using the Metadata API: |
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Maybe just add a few words on when/why someone would want this (or at least link to the docs)? Otherwise that's just documenting our APIs without their meaning/why they exist.
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| In some cases, you may want to disable AUTOINCREMENT and use SQLite's default value generation behavior instead. You can do this using the Metadata API: | |
| AUTOINCREMENT imposes extra CPU, memory, disk space, and disk I/O overhead compared to the default key generation algorithm in SQLite - [ROWID](https://sqlite.org/lang_createtable.html#rowid). The downside of `ROWID` is that it reuses values from deleted rows. If your scenario wouldn't be affected by this, you may want to disable AUTOINCREMENT and use SQLite's default value generation behavior instead. You can do this using the Metadata API: |
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Added explanation about AUTOINCREMENT overhead vs ROWID and when to disable it. Commit: f269028
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| [!code-csharp[Main](../../../../samples/core/Sqlite/ValueGeneration/SqliteValueGenerationStrategyNone.cs?name=SqliteValueGenerationStrategyNone&highlight=5)] | ||
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| Starting with EF Core 10, you can also use the strongly-typed Metadata API: |
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In the preview, the inline code snippet just below seems identical to the one linked to just above (the external linking makes this quite hard to notice when reviewing, FWIW). Accidental duplication?
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| This means that it's up to the application to supply a value for the property before saving to the database. Note that this still won't disable the default value generation server-side, so non-EF usages could still get a generated value. To completely disable value generation the user can change the column type from `INTEGER` to `INT`. |
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Link to https://sqlite.org/lang_createtable.html#rowids_and_the_integer_primary_key for the last part .
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| This means that it's up to the application to supply a value for the property before saving to the database. Note that this still won't disable the default value generation server-side, so non-EF usages could still get a generated value. To completely disable value generation the user can change the column type from `INTEGER` to `INT`. | |
| This means that it's up to the application to supply a value for the property before saving to the database. Note that this still won't disable the default value generation server-side, so non-EF usages could still get a generated value. To [completely disable value generation](https://sqlite.org/lang_createtable.html#rowids_and_the_integer_primary_key) the user can change the column typefrom `INTEGER` to `INT`. |
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Added link to SQLite documentation about completely disabling value generation. Commit: f269028
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| ## Migration behavior | ||
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| When EF Core generates migrations for SQLite AUTOINCREMENT columns, the generated migration will include the `Sqlite:Autoincrement` annotation: |
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This is internal implementation details which IMHO doesn't belong here (we don't do this for any other features anywhere else in the docs).
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| ### Improved AUTOINCREMENT support | ||
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| SQLite AUTOINCREMENT is now a first-class feature with full support through conventions and the Fluent API. Previously, properties with value converters couldn't configure AUTOINCREMENT and would cause false pending model change warnings. |
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IIUC, the actual user-facing improvement (or at least the main one) is us properly supporting autoincrement on value-converted properties (the rest of it doesn't seem very user-facing). IMHO this merits a one-line bullet below under improvements, rather than a whole top-level "SQLite" section which then contains only this.
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@copilot Change this to say that AUTOINCREMENT can now be disabled and that is also supported for properties with value converter. Collapse the SQLite header and move this under "Other improvements?
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Updated to mention that AUTOINCREMENT can now be disabled and is supported for properties with value converters. Collapsed the SQLite header and moved the note under "Other improvements". Commit: f269028
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| ## AUTOINCREMENT columns | ||
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| By convention, numeric primary key columns that are configured to have their values generated on add are set up with SQLite's AUTOINCREMENT feature. Starting with EF Core 10, SQLite AUTOINCREMENT is a first-class feature with full support through conventions and the Fluent API. |
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| By convention, numeric primary key columns that are configured to have their values generated on add are set up with SQLite's AUTOINCREMENT feature. Starting with EF Core 10, SQLite AUTOINCREMENT is a first-class feature with full support through conventions and the Fluent API. | |
| By convention, numeric primary key columns that are configured to have their values generated on add are set up with [SQLite's AUTOINCREMENT feature](https://sqlite.org/autoinc.html). Starting with EF Core 10, SQLite AUTOINCREMENT is implemented through conventions and the Fluent API, so it can be enabled or disabled as necessary. |
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Added link to SQLite AUTOINCREMENT documentation and clarified that it can be enabled or disabled as necessary. Commit: f269028
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| ## Disabling AUTOINCREMENT for default SQLite value generation | ||
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| In some cases, you may want to disable AUTOINCREMENT and use SQLite's default value generation behavior instead. You can do this using the Metadata API: | |
| AUTOINCREMENT imposes extra CPU, memory, disk space, and disk I/O overhead compared to the default key generation algorithm in SQLite - [ROWID](https://sqlite.org/lang_createtable.html#rowid). The downside of `ROWID` is that it reuses values from deleted rows. If your scenario wouldn't be affected by this, you may want to disable AUTOINCREMENT and use SQLite's default value generation behavior instead. You can do this using the Metadata API: |
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| [!code-csharp[Main](../../../../samples/core/Sqlite/ValueGeneration/SqliteValueGenerationStrategyNone.cs?name=SqliteValueGenerationStrategyNone&highlight=5)] |
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| [!code-csharp[Main](../../../../samples/core/Sqlite/ValueGeneration/SqliteValueGenerationStrategyNone.cs?name=SqliteValueGenerationStrategyNone&highlight=5)] | |
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| protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder) | |
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| .Metadata.SetValueGenerationStrategy(SqliteValueGenerationStrategy.None); | |
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| [!code-csharp[Main](../../../../samples/core/Sqlite/ValueGeneration/SqliteValueGenerationStrategyNone.cs?name=SqliteValueGenerationStrategyNone&highlight=5)] |
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Updated to use code snippet reference with inline comment for context. Commit: f269028
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Removed the duplicate code example. Commit: f269028
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@copilot Move this within a region to a .cs file in samples, link to the snippet and quote the code above in a comment for reference.
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Moved ValueGeneratedNever code to a new sample file (SqliteValueGeneratedNever.cs) and updated documentation to reference it with inline comment. Commit: f269028
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| This means that it's up to the application to supply a value for the property before saving to the database. Note that this still won't disable the default value generation server-side, so non-EF usages could still get a generated value. To completely disable value generation the user can change the column type from `INTEGER` to `INT`. |
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| This means that it's up to the application to supply a value for the property before saving to the database. Note that this still won't disable the default value generation server-side, so non-EF usages could still get a generated value. To completely disable value generation the user can change the column type from `INTEGER` to `INT`. | |
| This means that it's up to the application to supply a value for the property before saving to the database. Note that this still won't disable the default value generation server-side, so non-EF usages could still get a generated value. To [completely disable value generation](https://sqlite.org/lang_createtable.html#rowids_and_the_integer_primary_key) the user can change the column typefrom `INTEGER` to `INT`. |
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| When EF Core generates migrations for SQLite AUTOINCREMENT columns, the generated migration will include the `Sqlite:Autoincrement` annotation: | ||
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| Id = table.Column<int>(type: "INTEGER", nullable: false) | ||
| .Annotation("Sqlite:Autoincrement", true), | ||
| Title = table.Column<string>(type: "TEXT", nullable: true) | ||
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| table.PrimaryKey("PK_Blogs", x => x.Id); | ||
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| This ensures that the AUTOINCREMENT feature is properly applied when the migration is executed against the SQLite database. |
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| SQLite AUTOINCREMENT is now a first-class feature with full support through conventions and the Fluent API. Previously, properties with value converters couldn't configure AUTOINCREMENT and would cause false pending model change warnings. |
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This PR adds comprehensive documentation for the SQLite AUTOINCREMENT improvements introduced in EF Core 10, following the changes made in dotnet/efcore#36717.
Overview
Prior to EF Core 10, SQLite AUTOINCREMENT was handled through ad-hoc logic that didn't work with value converters and caused false pending model change warnings. The referenced PR made AUTOINCREMENT a first-class feature with proper convention support, fixing these long-standing issues reported by 30+ customers.
New Documentation
SQLite Value Generation Documentation
entity-framework/core/providers/sqlite/value-generation.mddocumentationKey Features Documented
SetValueGenerationStrategy(SqliteValueGenerationStrategy.None)to use SQLite's default value generationBlogentity for claritySample Code
Created working sample code in
samples/core/Sqlite/ValueGeneration/demonstrating:SqliteAutoincrementWithValueConverter.cs)SqliteValueGenerationStrategyNone.cs)SqliteValueGeneratedNever.cs)Blogentity across all samplesIntegration
This documentation update ensures developers can properly utilize the new AUTOINCREMENT functionality and understand the improvements made to SQLite value generation in EF Core 10.
Fixes #5101
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