Entity Framework EntityKey / Foreign Key problem

Question

As the result of a form post, I\'m trying to save a new Brand record. In my view, Gender is a dropdown, returning an Integer, which is populated from ViewData(\"gender\")

Answer 1

Ok heres what I've come up with instead of using updateModel. It appears to be problematic / potentially a security risk anyway with potentially additional fields being added in the post. A New instance of Gender can be instantiated via trygetObjectByKey. This is working so far. Any other suggestions on getting UpdateModel to update the Gender property object appreciated.

Dim cID As Integer
cID = CInt(Request.Form("Gender"))
Dim key As New EntityKey(DB.DefaultContainerName() & ".Gender", "ID", cID)

Dim objGenderDS As New Gender
'Bring back the Gender object.
If DB.TryGetObjectByKey(key, objGenderDS) Then
Brand.GenderReference.EntityKey = key
Brand.Gender = objGenderDS
DB.AddToBrand(Brand)
DB.SaveChanges()
Else
End If