How To Update EF 4 Entity In ASP.NET MVC 3?

Question

I have 2 projects - a class library containing an EDM Entity Framework model and a seperate ASP.NET MVC project.

I\'m having problems with how your suppose to edit and s

Answer 1

I found this tutorial on the asp.net website to be very helpful: Getting Started with EF using MVC - Updating Related Data

The method to pay attention to is TryUpdateModel which will update the related model in the "standard" manner (setting the entity to a modified state and passing everything in) and then will let you customize how certain properties are updated.

I ran into problems with entity keys and this helped me get past those.