Entity Framework Managing entity state Setting state Added of a single entity
Example
EntityState.Added can be set in two fully equivalent ways:
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By setting the state of its entry in the context:
context.Entry(entity).State = EntityState.Added; -
By adding it to a
DbSetof the context:context.Entities.Add(entity);
When calling SaveChanges, the entity will be inserted into the database. When it's got an identity column (an auto-set, auto-incrementing primary key), then after SaveChanges, the primary key property of the entity will contain the newly generated value, even when this property already had a value.
