Updating child objects in Entity Framework 6

Question

(Using Entity Framework 6.2)

I have the following two models/entities:

public class City
    {
        public int CityId { get; set; }
        public         


        

Answer 1

You need to add Cities to that particular Country object which is being updated.

public Country Update(Country country)
{
    using (var dbContext =new DbContext())
    {
        var countryToUpdate = dbContext.Countries.SingleOrDefault(c => c.Id == country.Id);
        countryToUpdate.Cities.Clear();
        foreach (var city in country.Cities)
        {
            var existingCity =
                dbContext.Cities.SingleOrDefault(
                    t => t.Id.Equals(city.cityId)) ??
                dbContext.Cities.Add(new City
                {
                    Id = city.Id,
                    Name=city.Name
                });

            countryToUpdate.Cities.Add(existingCity);
        }
        dbContext.SaveChanges();
        return countryToUpdate;
    }
}

Update :

  public class City
    {
        public int CityId { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }

        [ForeignKey("Country")]
        public int CountryId {get;set;}
        public virtual Country Country {get; set;}
    } 

Hope it helps.