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?

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Answer 1

In Entity framework 6 you can do this

Dim WorkoutNew As New Workout 'create a record
ff7db.Workouts.Add(WorkoutNew) 'add it to the table (workout)
ff7db.Entry(WorkoutNew).CurrentValues.SetValues(WorkoutsPost) ' update its values with a class with the same properties