Data Conflict in LINQ

Question

When making changes using SubmitChanges(), LINQ sometimes dies with a ChangeConflictException exception with the error message Row not found

Answer 1

Thanks to @vzczc. I found the example you gave very helpful but that I needed to call SubmitChanges again after resolving. Here are my modified methods - hope it helps someone.

    /// <summary>
    /// Submits changes and, if there are any conflicts, the database changes are auto-merged for 
    /// members that client has not modified (client wins, but database changes are preserved if possible)
    /// </summary>
    public void SubmitKeepChanges()
    {
        this.Submit(RefreshMode.KeepChanges);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Submits changes and, if there are any conflicts, simply overwrites what is in the database (client wins).
    /// </summary>
    public void SubmitOverwriteDatabase()
    {
        this.Submit(RefreshMode.KeepCurrentValues);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Submits changes and, if there are any conflicts, all database values overwrite
    /// current values (client loses).
    /// </summary>
    public void SubmitUseDatabase()
    {
        this.Submit(RefreshMode.OverwriteCurrentValues);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Submits the changes using the specified refresh mode.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="refreshMode">The refresh mode.</param>
    private void Submit(RefreshMode refreshMode)
    {
        bool moreToSubmit = true;
        do
        {
            try
            {
                this.SubmitChanges(ConflictMode.ContinueOnConflict);
                moreToSubmit = false;
            }
            catch (ChangeConflictException)
            {
                foreach (ObjectChangeConflict occ in this.ChangeConflicts)
                {
                    occ.Resolve(refreshMode);
                }
            }
        }
        while (moreToSubmit);

    }