Entity Framework Extensions Coalesce Destination OnUpdate Expression

Description

The CoalesceDestinationOnUpdateExpression is the inverse of CoalesceOnUpdateExpression, it allows you to update the new value if the database value is null otherwise keep the database value when BulkUpdate method is executed.

The following example will update only those columns for which the value is null in the database for the specified properties.

using (var context = new EntityContext())
{
    var list = context.Customers.ToList();
    list.ForEach(x => { x.Name += "_Updated"; x.Description += "Add Description"; x.IsActive = false; });
			
    context.BulkUpdate(list, options => 
    {
        options.CoalesceDestinationOnUpdateExpression = c => new {c.CustomerID, c.Name, c.Description};
    });				  BulkUpdate
}

Try it: EF Core | EF6

• It will update the value in the Description column because the database value is null.
• The value for Name is not null so it will not update the Name column.
• The IsActive will also be updated, because it is not specified in CoalesceDestinationOnUpdateExpression.