Entity Framework Extensions InsertKeepIdentity

Description

The InsertKeepIdentity options sets if the source identity value should be preserved on Insert. When not specified, identity values are assigned by the destination.

In the following example, the InsertKeepIdentity is enabled and the specified value for IdentityInt column will be stored in the database instead of the database generated values on INSERT operation.

List<Customer> list =  new List<Customer>() 
{
    new Customer() { CustomerID = 1, IdentityInt = 3, Name ="Customer_A" }, 
    new Customer() { CustomerID = 2, IdentityInt = 2, Name ="Customer_B" }, 
    new Customer() { CustomerID = 3, IdentityInt = 4, Name ="Customer_C" }
};
				
using (var context = new EntityContext())
{
    context.BulkInsert(list, options => options.InsertKeepIdentity = true);
}

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Purpose

The InsertKeepIdentity option let you keep the source identity value when inserting.

For example, when importing a file, you may want to keep the value specified.