The attribute [DefaultValue] can be used to specify a default value for a property. The [DefaultValue] attribute only affects the creation of the DDL file where a DEFAULT value is added to the field definition of the database.

        [PropertyLength(100)]

        [DefaultValue("Unkown Company")]

        public string LegalName

        {

            get { return legalName; }

            set { legalName = value; }

        }

The resulting field definition would be:

	LegalName VARCHAR(100) DEFAULT ‘Unkown Company’;