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EntityState Enum

Definition

Namespace:
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore
Assembly:
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.dll
Package:
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v1.0.6
Package:
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v1.1.6
Package:
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v10.0.0
Package:
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v2.0.3
Package:
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v2.1.11
Package:
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v2.2.6
Package:
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v3.0.0
Package:
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v3.1.0
Package:
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v5.0.0
Package:
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v6.0.0
Package:
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v7.0.0
Package:
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v8.0.0
Package:
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v9.0.0
Source:
EntityState.cs
Source:
EntityState.cs
Source:
EntityState.cs
Source:
EntityState.cs

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The state in which an entity is being tracked by a context.

public enum EntityState
type EntityState = 
Public Enum EntityState
Inheritance
EntityState

Fields

Name Value Description
Detached 0

The entity is not being tracked by the context.
Unchanged 1

The entity is being tracked by the context and exists in the database. Its property values have not changed from the values in the database.
Deleted 2

The entity is being tracked by the context and exists in the database. It has been marked for deletion from the database.
Modified 3

The entity is being tracked by the context and exists in the database. Some or all of its property values have been modified.
Added 4

The entity is being tracked by the context but does not yet exist in the database.

Remarks

See EF Core change tracking for more information and examples.

Applies to

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