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Identity Insert

Identity Insert...In Entity Framework, when you have a primary key field such as ...Id... or ...AuthorId... which is mapped to ...IDENTITY... column in the database, it works well when you insert data....In some cases, you might need to insert explicit values into a SQL Server ...IDENTITY... column....To do so, you need to enable ...IDENTITY_INSERT... before calling ...SaveChanges()... manually....Let's say we want to create a new author with explicit ...AuthorId... value....Author author = new ...

Retrieve ID of Inserted Entity

Retrieve Id of Inserted Entity...How can I get Id of inserted entity?...I have a problem with Entity Framework in Asp.net. I want to get the Id value whenever I add an object to database. How can I do this?...StackOverflow Related Questions...How can I get Id of inserted entity in Entity framework?...Get Record ID in Entity Framework after insert...Answer...It is pretty easy. If you are using DB generated Ids (like ...IDENTITY... in MS SQL) you just need to add entity to the contexct and call Sa...