how to have multiple FK in the same table/class with EF4 Code first

I have these 2 tables:

create table countries
(
int id identity primary key,
name nvarchar(20)
)

create table persons
(
int id identity primary key,
country1 int references countries(id),
country2 int references countries(id),
country3 int references countries(id)
)

how should I create my classes and mappings in order to map them correctly to to these table开发者_运维知识库s ? (I use EF4 CTP5 Code First)

Ignoring your denormalized references to multiple country entities for now, you could write the following:

public class Country
{
    [Key]
    public int CountryID { get; set; }

    [MaxLength(20)]
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

public class Person
{
    public int PersonID { get; set; }

    [MaxLength(20)]
    public string Name { get; set; }

    public Country Country1 { get; set; }
    public Country Country2 { get; set; }
    public Country Country3 { get; set; }
}

Of course, you'll also need the DbContext:

public class Context : DbContext
{
    public DbSet<Person> People { get; set; }
    public DbSet<Country> Countries { get; set; }

    public Context(string dbName)
        :base (dbName)
    {
    }
}

This will result in the table schemas mirroring your original requirement.

Note, however, that if you declare the classes like this:

public class Country
{
    [Key]
    public int CountryID { get; set; }

    [MaxLength(20)]
    public string Name { get; set; }

    public ICollection<Person> People { get; set; }
}

public class Person
{
    public int PersonID { get; set; }

    [MaxLength(20)]
    public string Name { get; set; }

    public ICollection<Country> Countries { get; set; }
}

In this case, EF will create a many-to-many join table which will allow you to associate any number of countries with any number of people:

CREATE TABLE [CountryPersons] 
(
    [CountryCountryID] int NOT NULL,
    [PersonPersonID] int NOT NULL
);

Note that EF infers the many-to-many relationship due to the collection of People in Countries and collection of Countries in People.

HTH.