Entity Framework Validation confusion – maximum string length of ‘128’

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Default length of string field in code first is 128. If you are using EF validation it will throw exception. You can extend the size by using:

[StringLength(Int32.MaxValue)]
public string Body { get; set; }

This post became somehow popular so I’m adding second approach which also works:

[MaxLength]
public string Body { get; set; }

StringLengthAttribute is from System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations assembly and MaxLengthAttribute is from EntityFramework assembly (EF 4.1).

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