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Madhur Maurya
Madhur Maurya

Reputation: 1070

Store the changes done to database in Entity Framework

I want to store the changes done to database in a structure or something so that I can refer them anytime after the database context is over. I am using Entity Framework in C# and underlying database in SQL Server.

The information that I want to store is

Currently I am storing them in form of string. But the problem is, using this approach I can not reproduce the linq query so that I can revert the changes.

How shall I proceed in this case. Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 849

Answers (1)

Dennis
Dennis

Reputation: 37760

You can observe change tracker before SaveChanges, and store changes in your own model. Later, use this model to to playback reversal actions.

E.g., given this context:

public class Person
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

public class SampleContext : DbContext
{
    public DbSet<Person> People { get; set; }
}

you can write such a class:

public class SampleContextMemento
{
    private IEnumerable<Person> addedPeople;
    private IEnumerable<Person> deletedPeople;

    private IEnumerable<T> GetEntitiesByState<T>(SampleContext context, EntityState state)
        where T : class
    {
        return context.ChangeTracker
            .Entries<T>()
            .Where(_ => _.State == state)
            .Select(_ => _.Entity)
            .ToList();
    }

    public void RecordChanges(SampleContext context)
    {
        addedPeople = GetEntitiesByState<Person>(context, EntityState.Added);
        deletedPeople = GetEntitiesByState<Person>(context, EntityState.Deleted);
    }

    public void RollbackChanges(SampleContext context)
    {
        // delete added entities
        if (addedPeople != null)
        {
            foreach (var item in addedPeople)
            {
                context.People.Remove(context.People.Find(item.Id));
            }
        }

        if (deletedPeople != null)
        {
            // add deleted entities
            foreach (var item in deletedPeople)
            {
                context.People.Add(item);
            }
        }

        // save reverted changes
        context.SaveChanges();
    }
}

and use it like this:

var memento = new SampleContextMemento();

// make changes
using (var context = new SampleContext())
{
    // add some entities
    context.People.Add(new Person { Id = 100, Name = "John" });
    // remove some
    context.People.Remove(context.People.Find(1));
    // saving changes in our memento to rollback them later
    memento.RecordChanges(context);
    context.SaveChanges();
}

// rollback them
using (var context = new SampleContext())
{
    memento.RollbackChanges(context);
}

Of course, universal solution will be more complex, but this should give you basic idea.

Upvotes: 3

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