I have some code where I am using a Linq-To-SQL DataContext to add and modify records in a table.
I've run into a situation where I add a few records via InsertOnSubmit, and then I want to modify a record.. but this record may already be in the table, or it may be one of the ones I am inserting. So this:
db.MyTable.Single(t => t.Id == WhichId).Name="foobar";
Might not work, since I might not have actually inserted the record with an Id of WhichId
yet.
I don't really want to SubmitChanges()
until I've done everything I'm going to do.
The DataContext must keep a list of records to be inserted on SubmitChanges() - can I access that list? I'm thinking of something like this:
(db.MyTable.SingleOrDefault(t => t.Id == WhichId) ??
db.[list of records to be inserted].Single(t => t.Id == WhichId)
).Name="foobar";
So the question is, is there anything I can put where those square brackets are?