Entity Framework Extensions InsertKeepIdentity
Description
The InsertKeepIdentity
option 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 the IdentityInt
column will be stored in the database instead of the database-generated values on the 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); }
Purpose
The InsertKeepIdentity
option lets you keep the source identity value when inserting
.
For example, when importing a file, you may want to keep the value specified.
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