internal static int GetApplicationID(this Entities data, string ApplicationName)
        {
            var myApp = data.Applications.FirstOrDefault(app => app.Name == ApplicationName);
            if (myApp == null)
            {
                myApp = new Application() { Name = ApplicationName };
                data.AddToApplications(myApp);
                data.SaveChanges();
            }

            return myApp.ApplicationID;
        }
 /// <summary>
 /// Create a new Application object.
 /// </summary>
 /// <param name="applicationID">Initial value of the ApplicationID property.</param>
 /// <param name="name">Initial value of the Name property.</param>
 public static Application CreateApplication(global::System.Int32 applicationID, global::System.String name)
 {
     Application application = new Application();
     application.ApplicationID = applicationID;
     application.Name = name;
     return application;
 }
 /// <summary>
 /// Deprecated Method for adding a new object to the Applications EntitySet. Consider using the .Add method of the associated ObjectSet&lt;T&gt; property instead.
 /// </summary>
 public void AddToApplications(Application application)
 {
     base.AddObject("Applications", application);
 }