エンティティを関連エンティティとともに挿入することも、既存のエンティティを参照するだけでエンティティを挿入することもできます。あなたが書いたコードに依存します。
例1:
User user = GetUserFromSomewhere();
using (var context = new MyContext())
{
Order order = new Order();
order.CreatedBy = user;
context.Orders.AddObject(order);
// will put both order and related entity user into Added state
// because user is not attached to the context
context.SaveChanges();
// creates new order and new user and sets the relationship between them
}
例2:
using (var context = new MyContext())
{
User user = context.Users.SingleOrDefault(u => u.Id == 1);
// query attaches this user to this context
// user is in state Unchanged now
Order order = new Order();
order.CreatedBy = user;
context.Orders.AddObject(order);
// will put the order into Added state but doesn't touch the
// state of already attached related entities -> user remains
// in state Unchanged
context.SaveChanges();
// creates new order with reference to user, but doesn't create new user
}
例3:
User user = GetUserFromSomewhere();
using (var context = new MyContext())
{
context.Users.Attach(user);
// we attach explicitely to the context telling EF thereby
// that we know that this user exists in the DB
// user is in state Unchanged now
Order order = new Order();
order.CreatedBy = user;
context.Orders.AddObject(order);
// will put the order into Added state but doesn't touch the
// state of already attached related entities -> user remains
// in state Unchanged
context.SaveChanges();
// creates new order with reference to user, but doesn't create new user
}
編集
例4:
int userId = GetUserIdFromSomewhere();
using (var context = new MyContext())
{
var user = new User { Id = userId };
// we create a stub user entity with the correct primary key
// It's not necessary to set other properties
// to only set the relationship to the order
context.Users.Attach(user);
// we attach explicitely to the context telling EF thereby
// that we know that this user exists in the DB
// user is in state Unchanged now
Order order = new Order();
order.CreatedBy = user;
context.Orders.AddObject(order);
// will put the order into Added state but doesn't touch the
// state of already attached related entities -> user remains
// in state Unchanged
context.SaveChanges();
// creates new order with reference to user, but doesn't create new user
}
関連質問:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5449724/entity-framework-code-first-cannot-insert-duplicate-key-in-object-db – Stefan