Question

I have a form that check it if a record already exists before it allows an insert. The problem i am having is that my deletes don’t delete they just hide. So know when I replace a deleted item it sees it already exists. How can i change my code to incorporate the Deleted Bool in the query it does to see if the record already exists.

My record has a attribute of Deleted and it is a bool. If the bool is true (record is deleted) i want it to insert. Otherwise return -1.

  // Get Db context
            ItemContext _db = new ItemContext();

            bool ItemExists = _db.Item.Any(i => i.ItemName.Equals(ItemName));

            if(ItemExists)
            {
                return -1;
             }
            else{

            // Add product to DB.
            _db.Item.Add(myItem);
            _db.SaveChanges();
            return myItem.ItemID;
            }
            //Success

Answer 1

Change your definition of ItemExists to include the notion of deleted:

bool ItemExists = _db.Item.Any(i => i.ItemName.Equals(ItemName) && !i.Deleted);