// Entity Framework Extensions

// Doc: https://entityframework-extensions.net/ignore-on-merge-update-expression

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// @nuget: EntityFramework

// @nuget: Z.EntityFramework.Extensions

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using System;

using System.Linq;

using System.Data.Entity;

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public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        GenerateData();

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        // IgnoreOnMergeUpdateExpression: Gets or sets columns to ignore when the `BulkMerge` method executes the `update` statement.

        using (var context = new EntityContext())

        {

            var list = context.Customers.ToList();

            list.ForEach(x => { x.IsActive = false; x.Name += "_NotMerge"; x.Description += "_Merge"; x.IsActive = false; });

            context.BulkMerge(list, options => 

                              {

                                  options.IgnoreOnMergeUpdateExpression = customer => new {customer.CustomerID, customer.IsActive, customer.Name};

                              });

        }

        using (var context = new EntityContext())

        {

            FiddleHelper.WriteTable(context.Customers.Take(5).ToList());    

        }

    }

    public static void GenerateData()

    {

        using (var context = new EntityContext())

        {

            context.Customers.Add(new Customer() { Name ="Customer_A", Description = "Description", IsActive = true });

            context.Customers.Add(new Customer() { Name ="Customer_B", Description = "Description", IsActive = true });

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            context.BulkSaveChanges();  

        }

        using (var context = new EntityContext())

        {

            FiddleHelper.WriteTable(context.Customers.ToList());    

        }

    }

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    public class EntityContext : DbContext

    {

        public EntityContext() : base(FiddleHelper.GetConnectionStringSqlServer())

        {

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        }

        public DbSet<Customer> Customers { get; set; }

    }

    public class Customer

    {

        public int CustomerID { get; set; }

        public string Name { get; set; }

        public string Description { get; set; }

        public Boolean IsActive { get; set; }

    }

}