Can I add an [XmlIgnore] attribute to a mapped column?

I think you can, but take care, re-generating the code would overwrite it.

Walaa wrote:

I think you can, but take care, re-generating the code would overwrite it.

yes, I know I literally could edit the code - but re-generating would definately overwrite it. No good. Is there a way to mark the column as XmlIgnore in the designer?

You're using selfservicing or adapter? You can't mark it in the designer as xml ignore. Is there a reason you want to hide it? If you want to exclude the data to be xml serialized, you can also exclude the field in fetching the data. If you're using adapter, you get with compact25 (the default) format XML which then doesn't contain that field.

Otis wrote:

You're using selfservicing or adapter?

adapter

Otis wrote:

Is there a reason you want to hide it?

The particular application uses some columns locally that will never be needed by remote clients over webservices. This seems like a good way to stop unneccessary data being sent.

I know I can use ExcludeIncludeFieldsList. But its something thats easily forgot when writing new methods.

If you want to to stop unneccessary data being sent, then maybe you need to use DTOs.