Duplicate LINQ to SQL entity / record?

Question

What would be considered the best practice in duplicating [cloning] a LINQ to SQL entity resulting in a new record in the database?

The context is that I wish to mak

Answer 1

If you load entity from DataContext with set ObjectTrackingEnabled to false then you can insert this entity as new in another DataContext

DataContext db1 = new DataContext();
DataContext db2 = new DataContext();

db2.ObjectTrackingEnabled = false;

MyEntity entToClone = db2.Single(e => e.Id == id);

// ... change some data if it is needed

db1.MyEntities.InsertOnSubmit(entToClone);
db1.SubmitChanges();