Entity framework: check if there are changes to be saved

Question

Hello!

is there a way to find out whether there are unsaved changes in my entity context, in the Entity Framework?

Thanks!

Answer 1

This might work (if by changes you mean added, removed and modified entities):

bool changesMade = (context.ObjectStateManager.GetObjectStateEntries(EntityState.Added).Count() +
                    context.ObjectStateManager.GetObjectStateEntries(EntityState.Deleted).Count() +
                    context.ObjectStateManager.GetObjectStateEntries(EntityState.Modified).Count()
                    ) > 0;

Edit:

Improved code:

bool changesMade = context.
                   ObjectStateManager.
                   GetObjectStateEntries(EntityState.Added | 
                                         EntityState.Deleted | 
                                         EntityState.Modified
                                        ).Any();