How to automatically assign content

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User1655654435 posted

I use ef core and I have a property in my model that usually is set to a certain value. I'm wondering if I can auto assign this property to this value, so that when I save the table this property is automatically set?

public string Language { get; set; } = "No";

Would this even work and is it bad practice to do stuff like this in the data models? I also want to be able to change this value if I need to do it. 

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User475983607 posted

bluMarmalade

I use ef core and I have a property in my model that usually is set to a certain value. I'm wondering if I can auto assign this property to this value, so that when I save the table this property is automatically set?

public string Language { get; set; } = "No";

Would this even work and is it bad practice to do stuff like this in the data models? I also want to be able to change this value if I need to do it. 

The syntax shown initializes a property.  The following reference docs explains the details.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/properties

The Language property can be changed to whatever you like after the class has initialized.