Store Enum Value as String
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Description
I have a simple enum just like this:
public enum Foo
{
First,
Second,
Third
}
When saving in the dabase, the value are stored as the indexed position of the enum value.
Is possible to store an enum property as string in the database?
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Research direction
No file or test is named in the issue. Start by tracing Dapper's handling of C# enum properties during database writes, then compare the current indexed storage with the requested string storage; done means enum properties can be persisted as strings without breaking existing mapping behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp, sql
- Domain
- database
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100