How to Handle Primary Key in Entity Framework 5 Code First

Question

In my EF5 code-first models, creation of new records works better if the database sets the primary key. I am using a Guid for primary key and if DatabaseGeneratedOptio

Answer 1

AddOrUpdate has an overload that allows you to specify the key

From MSDN

So you need to supply the method with the natural key:

context.Record.AddOrUpdate(c => c.RecordName, new Record()
            {
                RecordName = "New Record",
                Created = DateTime.UtcNow,
                Updated = DateTime.UtcNow,
             })