Validation failed for one or more entities. See 'EntityValidationErrors' property for more details [duplicate]

Answer 1

Note that Entity.GetType().BaseType.Name gives the type name you specified, not the one with all the hex digits in its name.

Answer 2

Using the answer of @Slauma i have made a code snippet (a surrounds with snippet) for better use.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<CodeSnippets xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">
  <CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">
    <Header>
      <SnippetTypes>
        <SnippetType>SurroundsWith</SnippetType>
      </SnippetTypes>
      <Title>ValidationErrorsTryCatch</Title>
      <Author>Phoenix</Author>
      <Description>
      </Description>
      <HelpUrl>
      </HelpUrl>
      <Shortcut>
      </Shortcut>
    </Header>
    <Snippet>
      <Code Language="csharp"><![CDATA[try
{
    $selected$ $end$
}
catch (System.Data.Entity.Validation.DbEntityValidationException e)
{
    foreach (var eve in e.EntityValidationErrors)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Entity of type \"{0}\" in state \"{1}\" has the following validation errors:",
            eve.Entry.Entity.GetType().Name, eve.Entry.State);
        foreach (var ve in eve.ValidationErrors)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("- Property: \"{0}\", Error: \"{1}\"",
                ve.PropertyName, ve.ErrorMessage);
        }
    }
    throw;
}]]></Code>
    </Snippet>
  </CodeSnippet>
</CodeSnippets>

Answer 3

I also faced the same problem. I updated my .edmx from the database after that the exception has vanished.

Answer 4

This could actually do it without having to write code:

In your catch block, add a break point at the following line of code:

catch (Exception exception)
{

}

Now if you hover on exception or add it to the Watch and then navigate into the exception details as shown below; you will see which particular column(s) is/ are causing the problem as this error usually occurs when a table-constraint is violated..

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Answer 5

Here's another way to do it instead of using foreach loops for looking inside EntityValidationErrors. Of course you can format the message to your own liking :

try {
        // your code goes here...
    } 
catch (DbEntityValidationException ex) 
    {
        Console.Write($"Validation errors: {string.Join(Environment.NewLine, ex.EntityValidationErrors.SelectMany(vr => vr.ValidationErrors.Select(err => $"{err.PropertyName} - {err.ErrorMessage}")))}", ex);
        throw;
    }