Entity Framework Extensions Column InputOutput Expression

Description

The ColumnInputOutputExpression allows you to choose specific properties in which you want to perform the bulk operations with the direction InputOutput.

The key is required for operation such as BulkUpdate and BulkMerge. The following example uses CustomerID, Description, IsActive properties in the ColumnInputOutputExpression.

using (var context = new EntityContext())
{
    List<Customer> list =  new List<Customer>() { new Customer() { Name ="Customer_A", Description = "Description" , IsActive = false }, 
    new Customer()  { Name ="Customer_B", Description = "Description", IsActive = true },
    new Customer() { Name ="Customer_C", Description = "Description" , IsActive = true }};
			
    context.BulkMerge(list, options => 
        options.ColumnInputOutputExpression = c => new 
	{
	    c.Description, 
	    c.IsActive
	}
    );	
}

Try it: EF Core | EF6

• It will merge data for CustomerID, Description and IsActive fields and all other properties will remain NULL in the database.
• It will also update the list by updating only the specified properties from the database.