// Entity Framework Classic

// Doc: https://entityframework-classic.net/bulk-merge

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// @nuget: Z.EntityFramework.Classic

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using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Data.Entity;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        GenerateCustomers(3);

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        var customers = new List<Customer>();

        for(int i = 0; i < 2; i++)

        {

            // existing customer

            customers.Add(new Customer() { Code = "Code_" + i, FirstName = "Updated_FirstName_" + i, LastName = "Updated_LastName_" + i });

        }

        for(int i = 1000; i < 1002; i++)

        {

            // new customer

            customers.Add(new Customer() { Code = "Code_" + i, FirstName = "New_FirstName_" + i, LastName = "New_LastName_" + i});

        }

        customers.ForEach(x => {

            x.CreatedDate = DateTime.Now; // will be ignored on update

            x.ModifiedDate = DateTime.Now; // will be ignored on insert

        });

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        using(var context = new EntityContext())

        {

            FiddleHelper.WriteTable("1 - Before BulkMerge", context.Customers.AsNoTracking().ToList()); 

            context.BulkMerge(customers, options => {

                options.ColumnPrimaryKeyExpression = customer => customer.Code;

                options.IgnoreOnMergeInsertExpression = customer => customer.ModifiedDate;

                options.IgnoreOnMergeUpdateExpression = customer => customer.CreatedDate;

            });

            FiddleHelper.WriteTable("2 - After BulkMerge", context.Customers.AsNoTracking().ToList());  

        }

    }

    public static List<Customer> GenerateCustomers(int count)

    {

        var list = new List<Customer>();

        for(int i = 0; i < count; i++)

        {

            list.Add(new Customer() { Code = "Code_" + i, FirstName = "FirstName_" + i, LastName = "LastName_" + i });

        }

        using (var context = new EntityContext())

        {

            context.BulkInsert(list);

        }

        return list;

    }

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    public class EntityContext : DbContext

    {

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

        {

        }

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

    }

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    public class Customer

    {

        public int CustomerID { get; set; }

        public string Code { get; set; }

        public string FirstName { get; set; }

        public string LastName { get; set; }

        public DateTime? CreatedDate { get; set; }

        public DateTime? ModifiedDate { get; set; }

    }

}