// Entity Framework Extensions

// Doc: https://entityframework-extensions.net/ignore-on-merge-matched-and-one-not-condition-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();

        // IgnoreOnMergeMatchedAndOneNotConditionExpression: The IgnoreOnMergeMatchedAndOneNotConditionExpression allows you to perform only the UPDATE in the BulkMerge if a non value ignored has been modified

        using (var context = new EntityContext())

        {

            var customers = context.Customers.ToList();

            customers.ForEach(x => { x.Name += "_Updated"; x.Description += "_Updated"; x.IsActive = false; });

            customers.Take(2).ToList().ForEach(x => { x.ModifiedDate = DateTime.Now; });

            context.BulkMerge(customers, options => 

            {

                options.IgnoreOnMergeMatchedAndOneNotConditionExpression = c => new {c.Name, c.Description, c.CreatedDate, c.IsActive };

            });

        }

        using (var context = new EntityContext())

        {

            FiddleHelper.WriteTable("After BulkMerge",context.Customers.ToList());

        }

    }

    public static void GenerateData()

    {       

        using (var context = new EntityContext())

        {

            context.Customers.Add(new Customer() { Name = "Carson", Description = "Description of Carson", CreatedDate = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-3), ModifiedDate = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-3), IsActive = true });

            context.Customers.Add(new Customer() { Name = "Meredith", Description = "Description of Meredith", CreatedDate = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-2), ModifiedDate = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-2), IsActive = true });

            context.Customers.Add(new Customer() { Name = "Arturo", Description = "Description of Arturo", CreatedDate = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1), ModifiedDate = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1), IsActive = true });

            context.BulkSaveChanges();

            FiddleHelper.WriteTable("Before BulkMerge",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 DateTime? ModifiedDate { get; set; }

        public DateTime CreatedDate { get; set; }

        public Boolean IsActive { get; set; }

    }

}