Using bulk operations
In this section, we will explore how to effectively update/delete data using EF Core. EF Core 7.0 or later offers the ability of bulk operations, which are easy to use and can improve the performance of update/delete operations. To take advantage of this feature, ensure you are using the most recent version of EF Core.
As we mentioned in the previous section, EF Core tracks the changes in entities. To update an entity, normally, we need to load the entity from the database, update the entity properties, and then call the SaveChanges() method to save the changes to the database. This is a very common scenario. Deleting an entity is similar. However, if we want to update or delete a large number of entities, it is not efficient to load the entities one by one and then update or delete them. For these scenarios, it is not required to track the changes in the entities. So, it would be better to use the bulk operations feature to update or delete data.
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