I need to update all fields except property1 and property2 for the given entity object.
Having this code:
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Add(object obj)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
context.Entry(obj).State = System.Data.EntityState.Modified;
context.SaveChanges();
}
return View(obj);
}
How to change it to add an exception to obj.property1 and obj.property2 for not being updated with this code?
Let's assume that you have a collection of the properties to be excluded:
var excluded = new[] { "property1", "property2" };
With EF5 on .NET 4.5 you can do this:
var entry = context.Entry(obj);
entry.State = EntityState.Modified;
foreach (var name in excluded)
{
entry.Property(name).IsModified = false;
}
This uses a new feature of EF5 on .NET 4.5 which allows a property to be set as not modified even after it has been previously set to modified.
When using EF 4.3.1 or EF5 on .NET 4 you can do this instead:
var entry = context.Entry(obj);
foreach (var name in entry.CurrentValues.PropertyNames.Except(excluded))
{
entry.Property(name).IsModified = true;
}