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Switch to storing enums as ints in JSON instead of strings #31100
Description
We currently serialize .NET enums into JSON as their string label; this is:
- Incompatible with the behavior of System.Text.Json and Newtonsoft.Json, which serialize to the underlying int value.
- Incompatible with our relational behavior, which also value-converts to the int value. This notably means that it's impossible to compare an enum value inside JSON with another enum value outside of JSON in a LINQ query.
Reacted by Maurycy Markowski, Arthur Vickers and Peter Sladek
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[-]Switch to storing enums as ints in JSON instead of ints[/-][+]Switch to storing enums as ints in JSON instead of strings[/+]petersladek commentedon Jun 28, 2023
We ran into this issue - we have json stored in db with enum values as ints. Is there any workaround right now? i.e. possibility of specifying value converter for json property?
ajcvickers commentedon Jul 5, 2023
@petersladek Use
HasConversion<int>on the property configuration insideOnModelCreating.`Fix to #31100 - Switch to storing enums as ints in JSON instead of st…
Fix to #31100 - Switch to storing enums as ints in JSON instead of st…
Fix to #31100 - Switch to storing enums as ints in JSON instead of st…
Fix to #31100 - Switch to storing enums as ints in JSON instead of st…
Fix to #31100 - Switch to storing enums as ints in JSON instead of st…
Fix to #31100 - Switch to storing enums as ints in JSON instead of st…
Fix to #31100 - Switch to storing enums as ints in JSON instead of st…
Fix to #31100 - Switch to storing enums as ints in JSON instead of st…