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C#, Entity Framework, How to Update(delete, add, edit) multiple rows at same time?

Sometimes, we would like to change order details by adding, removing, and editing orders by customer's request or depends on stock quantity.
So now want get some list and update including remove, edit, add rows, then save on database
What's the best efficiently way as C#, EntityFramework?
public class OrderDetail
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public int OrderId {get; set; }
public int Qty{ get; set; }
public string ItemName { get; set; }
}
/// Dummy db, OrderDetail Table
{
{1, 1000, 24,"A"},
{2, 1000, 12,"B"}
}
public void Update()
{
using(var db = new xxEntities())
{
// Get All orders, OrderId==1000, total 2rows
List<OrderDetails> list = db.OrderDetails.Where(x=> x.OrderId==1000).ToList();
// remove some row or rows
var temp1 = list.First(x=> x.Id==1);
list.Remove(temp);
// edit some row or rows
var temp2 = list.First(x=> x.Id==2);
temp2.Qty=100;
// add some row or rows
list.Add(new OrderDetail{ Id=3, OrderId=1000, Qty=2, ItemName="C"});
list.Add(new OrderDetail{ Id=4, OrderId=1000, Qty=2, ItemName="D"});
// Apply all changes
db.SaveChanges();
}
}
Additional Question
public void UpdateOrder(int orderId, List<OrderDetail> newOrders)
{
var result = db.OrderDetails.Where(x=>x.OrderId==orderId).ToList();
result = newOrders;
// it does not work
//db.OrderDetails.Update(result);
db.OrderDetails.RemoveRange(result);
db.OrderDetails.AddRange(newOrders);
db.SaveChange();
}
is it right approach to update multiple rows?

As mentioned in another answer... EF will create individual statements for each of the changes that are detected (i.e., updates, inserts, deletes) and submit them inside a single transaction. Gets the job done but is potentially very "chatty". Benefit is that you don't need to worry about the details of how it's getting done. Pretty easy to just modify the data object and call SaveChanges.
If you can consider not using EF for updates such as this... one way we do this kind of update is by creating a System.Data.DataTable and using that as a table-valued parameter into a stored procedure (if your datastore supports it).
Meta-code:
var dt = new DataTable();
var newRow = dt.NewRow();
newRow["column1"] = newdata;
dt.Rows.Add(newRow);
Then just use dt as your input parameter and let the stored proc determine the insert/update/delete operations.

If you want to Add / Remove / Update rows from your tables in Entity Framework, you have to Add / Remove / Update the items in your DbSet, not in fetched data.
using (var dbContext = new OrderContext())
{
// Add one Order
Order orderToAdd = new Order
{
// fill required properties; don't fill primary key
}
var addedOrder = dbContext.Orders.Add(orderToAdd);
// note: addedOrder has no Id yet.
// Add several Orders
IEnumerable<Order> orders = ...
dbContext.Orders.AddRange(orders);
dbContext.SaveChanges();
// now they've got their id:
Debug.Assert(addedOrder.Id != 0);
Debug.Assert(orders.All(order => order.Id != 0);
}
To Remove, you'll first have to fetch the complete Order
int orderIdToDelete = ...
using (var dbContext = new OrderContext())
{
Order orderToDelete = dbContext.Orders.Find(orderIdToDelete);
dbContext.Orders.Remove(orderToDelete);
var ordersToDelete = dbContext.Orders
.Where(order => order.Date.Year < 2000)
.ToList();
dbContext.Orders.RemoveRange(ordersToDelete);
// the orders are not deleted yet.
dbContext.SaveChanges();
}
To Update, you first have to get the value:
int orderIdToUpdate = ...
Order orderToUpdate = dbContext.Orders.Find(orderIdToUpdate);
orderToUpdate.Date = DateTime.Today;
var today = Datetime.Today;
var dateLimit = today.AddDays(-28);
var nonPaidOrders = dbContext.Orders
.Where(order => !order.Paid && order.Date < dateLimit)
.ToList();
foreach (var order in nonPaidOrders)
{
this.SendReminder(order);
order.ReminderDate = today;
}
dbContext.SaveChanges();

There is no "most efficient" way outside of making all changes then calling SaveChanges. upon which Ef will issue a lot of SQL Statements (one per operation).
There is most efficient way because there is no way to change the way Ef works and there is exactly one way Ef does its updates. They do NOT happen at the same time. Period. They happen in one transaction, one after the other, when you call SaveChanges.

C#/Entity Framework: locally add script to model

My team have read-access to a database maintained by a different team. We have a number of scripts that only we run, and so they've never been added as sprocs to the database (nor do we want them to be).
In Entity Framework 6, is it possible to include a file in my model which contains a stored procedure, so that we can leverage the code generation in EF?
We'd much rather have our code look like:
using (var db = new DatabaseEntities())
{
var properlyTypedResult = db.GetEntriesThatStartWith(firstName);
}
than:
using (var db = new DatabaseEntities())
{
var rawResult = db.Database.ExecuteSqlCommand("SELECT * FROM dbo.Person WHERE FirstName LIKE '#p0%'", firstName);
var properlyTypedResult = CastAppropriately(rawResult);
}
The functionality appears to be missing, but I thought I'd check regardless, I'd expect it to be in the designer view,
right-click, Add New -> Function Import...
... but this only allows adding sprocs to the model that are already in the database.

I think you're forgetting about LINQ - the second example would be something like...
List<People> people = (List<People>)db.Person.Where(f => f.FirstName.StartsWith(firstname)).ToList();
This should be close to what you're looking for. Linq is your friend.

I couldn't find exactly what I was after. I decided to simply write my own code generation, and leverage as much of Entity Framework as I could.
With query string in hand, execute against the database appropriately, using a SqlDataAdapter, with a DataTable
e.g.,
using (var context = new DbContext())
{
var dataTable = new DataTable();
var connection = (SqlConnection)context.Database.Connection;
if (connection != null && connection.State == ConnectionState.Closed)
connection.Open();
using (var adapter = new SqlDataAdapter(queryString, connection))
adapter.Fill(dataTable);
}
The DataTable contains the resulting column names along with all their types, now all we have to do is generate the code for the object.
i.e.,
var objectBuilder = new StringBuilder();
objectBuilder.AppendLine("public class QueryResult");
objectBuilder.AppendLine("{");
foreach (DataColumn column in dataTable.Columns)
{
objectBuilder.AppendLine(String.Format("public {0} {1} { get; set; }", column.DataType.Name, column.ColumnName));
}
objectBuilder.AppendLine("}");
Finally, create an extension method on the context object:
i.e.,
private static string GetQueryString(string firstName)
{
return String.Format($"SELECT * FROM dbo.Person WHERE FirstName LIKE '{firstName}%'", firstName);
}
public static partial class DbContextExtensions
{
public static List<QueryResult> GetEntriesThatStartWith(this DbContext context, string firstName)
{
return context.Database.SqlQuery<QueryResult>(GetQueryString(firstName)).ToList();
}
}
Now, we can use this as a regular sproc call:
using (var db = new DbContext())
{
var properlyTypedResult = db.GetEntriesThatStartWith(firstName);
}

Get 10 rows from all tables in EF model

I found this sample from here :
NWDataContext context = new NWDataContext();
var model = context.Mapping;
//get all tables
foreach (var mt in model.GetTables())
{
Console.WriteLine("Getting data " + mt.TableName);
//generate a sql statment for each table - just grab the first 20
string sql = String.Format("Select Top 20 * from {0} ", mt.TableName);
var data = context.ExecuteQuery(mt.RowType.Type, sql);
//data is here now. Lets print it on the console
foreach (var item in data)
{
Console.WriteLine(item.ToString());
}
}
Console.ReadLine();
Is there a way to get 10 rows without using Sql string?
for example something similar to this (it gets table associations, I am after 10 (N) rows of table data instead of table associations):
var tableData = from t in this.Mapping.GetTables()
select new
{
t.TableName,
Associations =
from a in t.RowType.Associations
select new
{
a.ThisMember.Name,
TypeName = a.ThisMember.Type.Name
}
};
tableData.Dump();

To do this, you need to call context.GetTable on the Type:
from metaTable in context.Mapping.GetTables()
let table = (IQueryable<object>) context.GetTable (metaTable.RowType.Type)
select table.Take(10)
Bear in mind that your examples are relevant to LINQ to SQL, not EF (as the title suggests).

EntityFramework returns IEnumerables when you get data from the database. That means unless you enumerate through it (like get count, ToList(), etc. Lazy loading actually) data will not be fetched from the database.
So here is an example,
var database = new SomeDatabase(connectionString);
var tableRows = database.Context.SomeTableName;
var result = new List<SomeDataType>();
var count = 0;
foreach (var tableRow in tableRows)
{
result.Add(tableRow);
count++;
if (count == 10) break;
}
Or
var result = database.ContextSomeTableName.Take(10).ToList();
In this example, only 10 records will be fetched from database.
But if you do this,
var tableRows = database.Context.SomeTableName.ToList();
You will fetch whole rows from that table (Note ToList()),

insert multiple records one by one using LINQ

I'm trying to copy ProductStatisticsTemp table data to ProductStatistics table,
var str = from a in db.ProductStatisticsTemp select a;
ProductStatistics ls = new ProductStatistics();
foreach (var val in str.ToList())
{
ls.Product_ID = val.Product_ID;
ls.ProductNameEn = val.ProductNameEn;
ls.ProductNameAr = val.ProductNameAr;
db.ProductStatistics.Add(ls);
db.SaveChanges();
}
first record can insert but once its try to insert 2nd one getting following error
The property 'Product_ID' is part of the object's key information and
cannot be modified.

It's because you have one instance of an object and try to add already added object twice.
You need to create new object of ProductStatistics in the loop.
Also you can save changes just once after the loop to improve performance by trigger DB communication just once:
var str = from a in db.ProductStatisticsTemp select a;
foreach (var val in str.ToList())
{
ProductStatistics ls = new ProductStatistics
{
Product_ID = val.Product_ID,
ProductNameEn = val.ProductNameEn,
ProductNameAr = val.ProductNameAr
};
db.ProductStatistics.Add(ls);
}
db.SaveChanges();

Here is a slightly different method.
var products = db.ProductStatisticsTemp.Select(t => new ProductStatistics
{
Product_ID = t.Product_ID,
ProductNameEn = t.ProductNameEn,
ProductNameAr = t.ProductNameAr
}).ToList()
db.ProductStatistics.AddRange(products);
db.SaveChanges();

IMHO Inspired from #Vadim Martynov
If the Product_ID is your primary key, and your set to increment
the key from database . Do not do this Product_ID = val.Product_ID.
The key should be generated from the database. You will get the id
after save changes is invoked.
try
{
var str = from a in db.ProductStatisticsTemp select a;
//This will improve some performance
db.Configuration.AutoDetectChangesEnabled = false;
foreach (var val in str.ToList())
{
ProductStatistics ls = new ProductStatistics
{
Product_ID = val.Product_ID,
ProductNameEn = val.ProductNameEn,
ProductNameAr = val.ProductNameAr
};
//use AddRange or Add based on your EF Version.
db.ProductStatistics.Add(ls);
}
db.SaveChanges();
}
finally
{
db.Configuration.AutoDetectChangesEnabled = true;
}
If you are using AddRange you could omit db.Configuration.AutoDetectChangesEnabled = false
For more info about DetectChanges available here
AddRange() method only support from EF6 see documentation
db.ProductStatistics.AddRange(products);
What AddRange will do for you is
if AutoDetectChangesEnabled is set to true (which is the default), then DetectChanges will be called once before adding any entities and will not be called again.
This means that in some situations AddRange may perform significantly
better than calling Add multiple times would do.
Note that entities that are already in the context in some other state will have their state set to Added. AddRange is a no-op for entities that are already in the context in the Added state.

Bulk delete using Ravendb

I am trying to delete documents ids from a collection in RavenDB using the below logic
var documentstore = new DocumentStore
{
Url = "http://localhost:8080",
DefaultDatabase = "Employee"
};
documentstore.Initialize();
using (var session = documentstore.OpenSession())
{
var test = new List<string>();
test.Add("emps/81993");
test.Add("emps/40319");
var w1 = session.Load<Employee>(test);
session.Delete(w1);
session.SaveChanges();
}
I get the below error
Models.Employee[] is not associated with the session, cannot delete unknown
How do I go about doing a bulk delete of document Ids from the collection?
Thanks

You are trying to delete the array of employees, not each employee itself. When you pass in an Enumerable in the Load, you will get an array back containing each entity.
Try this instead:
using (var session = documentstore.OpenSession())
{
var test = new List<string>();
test.Add("emps/81993");
test.Add("emps/40319");
Employee[] employees = session.Load<Employee>(test);
foreach (var employee in employees)
{
session.Delete(employee);
}
session.SaveChanges();
}
To further explain, the returned array is not tracked by RavenDb's UoW, but each individual item in the array is, that's why you get the message about Employee[] is not associated with the session.

You can use set based operation.
The following code will query specific index and delete everything matching the query
var operation = store.DatabaseCommands.DeleteByIndex("Index Name", new IndexQuery
{
Query = "Lucene query of stuff to delete"
}, options: null);
for example, the following code will delete all documents from a document collection called "Companies" (excerpt from one of RavenDB unit tests)
var operation = documentStore.DatabaseCommands.DeleteByIndex("Raven/DocumentsByEntityName", new IndexQuery
{
Query = "Tag:[[Companies]]"
});
You can read more in this link to RavenDB documentation