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Creating Many-To-Many Relationship with one or more additional properties in BookCategory table #2811


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Radoslav created
  • ABP Framework version: v 5.2.0-rc.2
  • UI type: MVC
  • DB provider: EF Core
  • Tiered (MVC) or Identity Server Separated (Angular): yes
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I am using the latest Abp Suite to generate code for entities. I am following this tutorial: https://docs.abp.io/en/commercial/5.2/abp-suite/creating-many-to-many-relationship

I wanted to know if I can during Code generation time to enter my custom properties of simple type or even navigation property to other existing entity.

So I want this link:

to look like:

I suppose you didn't plan this feature. I would suggest you would provide devs a chance to

BTW I have a DB schema with many of these many to many relationships using a linked table, sometimes with and sometimes without extra properties. What would I need to do regarding writing remaining code (after code generation) to allow for editing/viewing extra properties (and maybe navigation properties)

As we know sometimes linked tables can have more complex relationships with other tables (let's say 1 to many with some other table, like a category for a book applies to a collection of Regions)

Thanks Rad


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    I suppose you didn't plan this feature. I would suggest you would provide devs a chance to

    Hi @Radoslav, yes we didn't plan this feature. I'll create an internal issue for your suggestion.

    What would I need to do regarding writing remaining code (after code generation) to allow for editing/viewing extra properties (and maybe navigation properties)

    The following resources might be helpful for you to understand the extension system and apply for your own logic:

    • Object Extensions
    • https://github.com/abpframework/abp/pull/4861 (You can examine this PR to see how you can show the extra properties on UI and also good to see the flow)
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