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Mapping Complex Types to the Database

XAF application supports the following ORMs:

Depending on ORM used in your application, you can store a number of data types in the database. Data Types that can be persisted directly are listed in the Entity Data Model: Primitive Data Types and Data Types Supported by XPO articles.

To store an unsupported type in the database, you need to convert it to a supported one.

You can find code examples in the following articles:

Note

XPO provides the ValueConverterAttribute used to persist types that are not supported by default.