Dapper Plus Bulk Update Discover how to update multiple rows

Description

Dapper Plus provides an extension method called BulkUpdate that is used to update multiple records in a database table at once. It is the fastest and most efficient way to update entities in your database. It can update multiple entities in one database round trip

• The BulkUpdate method takes a list of entities as a parameter and updates each entity in the database.
• To use the BulkUpdate method, you first need to create a list of entities that you want to update.
• Then, you can call the BulkUpdate method and pass in the list of entities.
• The method will update each entity in the database.

It updates entities using Bulk Operation and with BulkUpdate, you can:

• Update single
• Update many
• Update with relation (One to One)
• Update with relation (One to Many)

Example - Update Single

You can use the BulkUpdate method to update a single record. The following example updates a single record into the Customers table.

List<Customer> customers;

using (var connection = new SqlConnection(FiddleHelper.GetConnectionStringSqlServerW3Schools()))
{
	customers = connection.Query<Customer>("Select Top 1 * FROM CUSTOMERS").ToList();
}

customers.ForEach(x => x.CustomerName = "ExampleBulkUpdate");

DapperPlusManager.Entity<Customer>().Table("Customers"); 

using (var connection = new SqlConnection(FiddleHelper.GetConnectionStringSqlServerW3Schools()))
{
	connection.BulkUpdate(customers);
}

Try it: .NET Core | .NET Framework

Example - Update Many

The ability to update multiple records with a single database call can significantly improve performance. It updates many entities with Bulk Operations. The following example updates a list of customers into the Customers table.

DapperPlusManager.Entity<Customer>().Table("Customers");

using (var connection = new SqlConnection(FiddleHelper.GetConnectionStringSqlServerW3Schools()))
{
    connection.BulkUpdate(customers);
}

Try it: .NET Core | .NET Framework

Example - Update with relation (One to One)

BulkUpdate allows you to update related entities in the database in one operation. It is especially useful when updating a large number of entities that have relationships with each other.

To use BulkUpdate when entities have a relationship, simply specify the relationship between the entities when you configure the bulk operation.

The following example shows how to use the BulkUpdate with a one-to-one relationship between the entities.

DapperPlusManager.Entity<Supplier>().Table("Suppliers").Identity(x => x.SupplierID);
DapperPlusManager.Entity<Product>().Table("Products").Identity(x => x.ProductID);

using (var connection = new SqlConnection(FiddleHelper.GetConnectionStringSqlServerW3Schools()))
{    
    connection.BulkUpdate(suppliers, x => x.Product);
}

Try it: .NET Core | .NET Framework

Example - Update with relation (One to Many)

Dapper Plus can also allow you to update a list of entities with a one-to-many relationship with Bulk Operation as shown in the following example.

DapperPlusManager.Entity<Supplier>().Table("Suppliers").Identity(x => x.SupplierID);
DapperPlusManager.Entity<Product>().Table("Products").Identity(x => x.ProductID);

using (var connection = new SqlConnection(FiddleHelper.GetConnectionStringSqlServerW3Schools()))
{
    connection.BulkUpdate(suppliers, x => x.Products);
}

Try it: .NET Core | .NET Framework

Related Articles

• Dapper Plus Website
• Bulk Update