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Disclaimer: I don't work with EF therefore not an expert. EF is tricky and has a lot of dark magic inside so if you're not sure how it all works best to use good old plain SQL or simple libraries....
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#2: Post edited
- Disclaimer: I don't work with EF therefore not an expert.
- EF is tricky and has a lot of dark magic inside so if you're not sure how it all works best to use good old plain SQL or simple libraries.
- -----
- I think you see this behaviour because you return old "blog" object, which isn't the same as new "blog" that you wrote to the db.
- So I suppose your intention was to return "new" `blog` instead, e.g:
- ```cs
- static Blog SetupBlog()
- {
- using var context = new BloggingContext();
- var blog = new Blog { Url = "http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet" };
- blog.Posts.Add(new Post { Title = "Hello World", Content = "I wrote an app using EF Core!" });
- context.Add(blog);
- context.SaveChanges();
- // return blog;
- return context.Blogs.First();
- }
- ```
- with this change it prints
- ```
- Initial posts
- =============
- Hello World: I wrote an app using EF Core!
- After editing
- =============
- Hello World (edited): I wrote an app using EF Core!
- After adding a new post
- =======================
- Hello World (edited): I wrote an app using EF Core!
- Goodbye World: Some content
- ```
- -----
- Hints:
- 1. You can track state of entities by using [`ChangeTracker`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/change-tracking/debug-views)
- ```csharp
- context.ChangeTracker.DetectChanges();
- Console.WriteLine(context.ChangeTracker.DebugView.LongView);
- ```
2. EF automatically detect changes so you don't have to use "Updates" explicitly
- Disclaimer: I don't work with EF therefore not an expert.
- EF is tricky and has a lot of dark magic inside so if you're not sure how it all works best to use good old plain SQL or simple libraries.
- -----
- I think you see this behaviour because you return old "blog" object, which isn't the same as new "blog" that you wrote to the db.
- So I suppose your intention was to return "new" `blog` instead, e.g:
- ```cs
- static Blog SetupBlog()
- {
- using var context = new BloggingContext();
- var blog = new Blog { Url = "http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet" };
- blog.Posts.Add(new Post { Title = "Hello World", Content = "I wrote an app using EF Core!" });
- context.Add(blog);
- context.SaveChanges();
- // return blog;
- return context.Blogs.First();
- }
- ```
- with this change it prints
- ```
- Initial posts
- =============
- Hello World: I wrote an app using EF Core!
- After editing
- =============
- Hello World (edited): I wrote an app using EF Core!
- After adding a new post
- =======================
- Hello World (edited): I wrote an app using EF Core!
- Goodbye World: Some content
- ```
- -----
- Hints:
- 1. You can track state of entities by using [`ChangeTracker`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/change-tracking/debug-views)
- ```csharp
- context.ChangeTracker.DetectChanges();
- Console.WriteLine(context.ChangeTracker.DebugView.LongView);
- ```
- 2. EF automatically detects changes so you don't have to use "Updates" explicitly
#1: Initial revision
Disclaimer: I don't work with EF therefore not an expert. EF is tricky and has a lot of dark magic inside so if you're not sure how it all works best to use good old plain SQL or simple libraries. ----- I think you see this behaviour because you return old "blog" object, which isn't the same as new "blog" that you wrote to the db. So I suppose your intention was to return "new" `blog` instead, e.g: ```cs static Blog SetupBlog() { using var context = new BloggingContext(); var blog = new Blog { Url = "http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet" }; blog.Posts.Add(new Post { Title = "Hello World", Content = "I wrote an app using EF Core!" }); context.Add(blog); context.SaveChanges(); // return blog; return context.Blogs.First(); } ``` with this change it prints ``` Initial posts ============= Hello World: I wrote an app using EF Core! After editing ============= Hello World (edited): I wrote an app using EF Core! After adding a new post ======================= Hello World (edited): I wrote an app using EF Core! Goodbye World: Some content ``` ----- Hints: 1. You can track state of entities by using [`ChangeTracker`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/change-tracking/debug-views) ```csharp context.ChangeTracker.DetectChanges(); Console.WriteLine(context.ChangeTracker.DebugView.LongView); ``` 2. EF automatically detect changes so you don't have to use "Updates" explicitly