Entity Framework Batch Update

 

NuGet Package

PM> Install-Package EntityFramework.Extended

• NuGet: http://nuget.org/List/Packages/EntityFramework.Extended
• Source: http://github.com/loresoft/EntityFramework.Extended

Batch Update and Delete

A current limitations of the Entity Framework is that in order to update or delete an entity you have to first retrieve it into memory. Now in most scenarios this is just fine. There are however some senerios where performance would suffer. Also, for single deletes, the object must be retrieved before it can be deleted requiring two calls to the database. Batch update and delete eliminates the need to retrieve and load an entity before modifying it.

Deleting

//delete all users where FirstName matches
context.Users.Delete(u => u.FirstName == "firstname");

Update

//update all tasks with status of 1 to status of 2
context.Tasks.Update(
    t => t.StatusId == 1,
    t => new Task {StatusId = 2});

//example of using an IQueryable as the filter for the update
var users = context.Users
   .Where(u => u.FirstName == "firstname");

context.Users.Update(
    users,
    u => new User {FirstName = "newfirstname"});

Oringinal Link:http://weblogs.asp.net/pwelter34/entity-framework-batch-update-and-future-queries