C#•3w ago

Unable to set User FK in another model (User extends IdentityUser)

I am attempting to establish relationships between my models. For context I'm using EntityFrameworkCore and Identity. I have a User model (extends IdentityUser) and a Study model. Studies should have one User, and Users can have multiple Studies. The first time I tried to establish the relationships I wrote them in the models, like so:

c#
  // Study.cs
  public class Study
  {
    public int Id { get; set; }
    //...
    public required string UserId { get; set; }
    public IdentityUser? User { get; set; }
  }

c#
  // Study.cs
  public class Study
  {
    public int Id { get; set; }
    //...
    public required string UserId { get; set; }
    public IdentityUser? User { get; set; }
  }

c#
  // User.cs
    public class User : IdentityUser
  {
    public List<Study> Studies { get; set; } = new List<Study>();
  }

c#
  // User.cs
    public class User : IdentityUser
  {
    public List<Study> Studies { get; set; } = new List<Study>();
  }

That resulted in the warning

The foreign key property 'Study.UserId1' was created in shadow state because a conflicting property with the simple name 'UserId' exists in the entity type, but is either not mapped, is already used for another relationship, or is incompatible with the associated primary key type.

I am now trying to use OnModelCreating to create the relationships in DBContext instead, like so:

c#
  public class ApplicationDbContext : IdentityDbContext<IdentityUser>
  {
    public DbSet<User> Users { get; set; }
    public DbSet<Study> Studies { get; set; }

    public ApplicationDbContext(DbContextOptions<ApplicationDbContext> options) : base(options)
    { }

    protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder builder)
    {
      base.OnModelCreating(builder);

      builder.Entity<Study>()
      .HasOne(s => s.User)
      .WithMany(u => u.Study)
      .HasForeignKey(s => s.UserId)
    }
  }

c#
  public class ApplicationDbContext : IdentityDbContext<IdentityUser>
  {
    public DbSet<User> Users { get; set; }
    public DbSet<Study> Studies { get; set; }

    public ApplicationDbContext(DbContextOptions<ApplicationDbContext> options) : base(options)
    { }

    protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder builder)
    {
      base.OnModelCreating(builder);

      builder.Entity<Study>()
      .HasOne(s => s.User)
      .WithMany(u => u.Study)
      .HasForeignKey(s => s.UserId)
    }
  }

However this says that

IdentityUser does not contain a definition for Study and no accessible extension method 'Study' accepting a first argument of type 'IdentityUser' could be found

I have henceforth changed public IdentityUser? User { get; set; } to public User? User { get; set; } with the same result. However User should contain a list of Study objects...

3 Replies

prodijay•3w ago

I'm fairly new to C# and ASPNET so I'm not sure where I've made any mistakes. I've been quite confused with how Identity and IdentityUser work in general; for instance I notice that a AspNetUser table is created in my database instead of a User table when migrating. Any guidance would be sorely appreciated! I think I've spotted where I've went wrong; .WithMany(u => u.Study) might have to be .WithMany(u => u.Studies) instead. That syntax sure is confusing.

Angius•3w ago

Generally, you don't even necessarily need to configure it EF will pick up on that FooId is an FK to Foo And on the many-to-one relationship

prodijay•3w ago

Hm, I was definitely getting warnings previously before I correctly implemented OnModelCreating to configure the relationships. I also thought that it didn't need configuring and was unsure why I was getting the warnings. I don't know if that was because User extends IdentityUser, which could possibly affect the Ids somehow? Previously, the Id property didn't exist for Study, and instead it seemed to be replaced by UserId, with an additional UserId1 created. In any case, the problem seems to be resolved for now.

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