// Entity Framework Extensions

// Doc: https://entityframework-extensions.net/bulk-delete

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// @nuget: Z.EntityFramework.Extensions

// @nuget: EntityFramework

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using System.Data.Entity;

using System.Linq;

using System.Collections.Generic;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        var customers = SeedCustomer(5);

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        using (var context = new EntityContext())

        {

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

            var toDelete = customers.Take(customers.Count() / 2);

            context.BulkDelete(toDelete, options => options.BatchSize = 100);

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

        }   

    }

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    public static List<Customer> SeedCustomer(int count) 

    {

        List<Customer> list = new List<Customer>();

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

        {

            list.Add(new Customer() { Name = "Customer_" + i});

        }

        new EntityContext().BulkInsert(list);

        return list;

    }

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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; }

    }

}