EF doesn't use the default values that you may have specified in your SQL Table schema.
So stuff like "DateCreated" fields that have
getutcdate() as their default SQL value won't get set automatically when a record is saved from Entity Framework.
To solve that particular problem, I use the following approach. I enclose two styles, one for use with EF
DbContext (POCO / CodeFirst), and one with EF
ObjectContext (the default used in EDMX generation).
Note that you put this code within a partial extension of your EF Context class i.e.
public partial class MyContext : DbContext or
public partial class MyContext : ObjectContext
DbContext
public override int SaveChanges()
{
this.ChangeTracker.DetectChanges();
ObjectContext ctx = ((IObjectContextAdapter)this).ObjectContext;
List<ObjectStateEntry> objectStateEntryList = ctx.ObjectStateManager.GetObjectStateEntries(EntityState.Added | EntityState.Modified | EntityState.Deleted)
.ToList();
foreach (ObjectStateEntry entry in objectStateEntryList)
{
if (!entry.IsRelationship)
{
switch (entry.State)
{
case EntityState.Added:
if (entry.Entity.HasProperty("DateCreated"))
entry.Entity.GetType().GetProperty("DateCreated").SetValue(entry.Entity, DateTime.UtcNow, null);
if (entry.Entity.HasProperty("DateModified"))
entry.Entity.GetType().GetProperty("DateModified").SetValue(entry.Entity, DateTime.UtcNow, null);
break;
case EntityState.Modified:
if (entry.Entity.HasProperty("DateModified"))
entry.Entity.GetType().GetProperty("DateModified").SetValue(entry.Entity, DateTime.UtcNow, null);
break;
}
}
}
return base.SaveChanges();
}
ObjectContext
public override int SaveChanges(SaveOptions options)
{
this.DetectChanges();
foreach (var insert in this.ObjectStateManager.GetObjectStateEntries(System.Data.EntityState.Added))
{
if (insert.Entity.HasProperty("DateCreated"))
insert.Entity.GetType().GetProperty("DateCreated").SetValue(insert.Entity, DateTime.UtcNow, null);
if (insert.Entity.HasProperty("DateModified"))
insert.Entity.GetType().GetProperty("DateModified").SetValue(insert.Entity, DateTime.UtcNow, null);
}
foreach (var update in this.ObjectStateManager.GetObjectStateEntries(System.Data.EntityState.Modified))
{
if (update.Entity.HasProperty("DateModified"))
update.Entity.GetType().GetProperty("DateModified").SetValue(update.Entity, DateTime.UtcNow, null);
}
return base.SaveChanges(options);
}
