I have seen an example using the entiyt framework and it sued the ApplyPropertyChanges method to update an entity. Is there an equivilent method in plain old Linq-To-SQL?
My applicaiton is an asp.net MVC app and when I run my Edit action I want to just call sometihng like:
originalObject = GetObject(id);
DataContext.ApplyPropertyChanges(originalObject, updatedObject);
DataContext.SubmitChanges();
This method should do what you require:
public static void Apply<T>(T originalValuesObj, T newValuesObj, params string[] ignore)
where T : class
{
// check for null arguments
if (originalValuesObj == null || newValuesObj == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(originalValuesObj == null ? "from" : "to");
}
// working variable(s)
Type type = typeof(T);
List<string> ignoreList = new List<string>(ignore ?? new string[] { });
// iterate through each of the properties on the object
foreach (PropertyInfo pi in type.GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance))
{
// check whether we should be ignoring this property
if (ignoreList.Contains(pi.Name))
{
continue;
}
// set the value in the original object
object toValue = type.GetProperty(pi.Name).GetValue(newValuesObj, null);
type.GetProperty(pi.Name).SetValue(originalValuesObj, toValue, null);
}
return;
}
var theObject = (from table in dataContext.TheTable
where table.Id == theId
select table).Single();
theObject.Property = "New Value";
dataContext.SubmitChanges();
You can try to use the Attach method but it is buggy. Please see this link as a reference: LINQ to SQL Update