using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data.Entity;
public static void Main()
using(var context = new EntityContext())
var invoices = context.Invoices.Include(x => x.InvoiceItems).ToList();
invoices.ForEach(x => x.Description += "_Updated");
invoices.SelectMany(x => x.InvoiceItems).ToList().ForEach(x => x.Description += "_Updated");
invoices.Add(new Invoice() { Description = "New_Description", InvoiceItems = new List<InvoiceItem>()
new InvoiceItem() { Description = "New_Description" }
FiddleHelper.WriteTable("1 - Before BulkUpdate (Invoice)", context.Invoices.AsNoTracking().ToList());
FiddleHelper.WriteTable("2 - Before BulkUpdate (InvoiceItem)", context.InvoiceItems.AsNoTracking().ToList());
context.BulkMerge(invoices, options => options.IncludeGraph = true);
FiddleHelper.WriteTable("3 - After BulkUpdate (Invoice)", context.Invoices.AsNoTracking().ToList());
FiddleHelper.WriteTable("4 - After BulkUpdate (InvoiceItem)", context.InvoiceItems.AsNoTracking().ToList());
public static List<Invoice> GenerateInvoices(int invoiceCount, int invoiceItemCount)
var list = new List<Invoice>();
for(int i = 0; i < invoiceCount; i++)
var invoice = new Invoice() { Description = "Invoice_" + i, InvoiceItems = new List<InvoiceItem>() };
for(int j = 0; j < invoiceItemCount; j++)
invoice.InvoiceItems.Add(new InvoiceItem() { Description = "InvoiceItem_" + i + "_" + j });
using (var context = new EntityContext())
context.BulkInsert(list, options => options.IncludeGraph = true);
public class EntityContext : DbContext
public EntityContext() : base(FiddleHelper.GetConnectionStringSqlServer())
public DbSet<Invoice> Invoices { get; set; }
public DbSet<InvoiceItem> InvoiceItems { get; set; }
public int InvoiceID { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
public List<InvoiceItem> InvoiceItems { get; set; }
public int InvoiceItemID { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }