使用实体框架删除多对多关系

Question

I've three tables Student (studID, fullName, gender...), Enroll (studID, courseID, date) and Course (courseID,courseName, ...). I used the code below to delete all records from Enroll table with studID 001 where there are about three courses the student signed for. However, it only deletes one record.

using(var context = new DBEntities())
{    
var _stud = (from s in context.Students where s.studID == "001" select s).FirstOrDefault();
                var _course = _stud.Courses.FirstOrDefault();
                _course.Students.Remove(_stud);
context.SaveChanges();
}

What do I miss here?

Answer 1

Thank you guys for assisting. Here is how I solved it:

using (var context = new DBEntities())
{
    var student = (from s in context.Students where s.studID == "001" select s).FirstOrDefault<Student>();               
    foreach (Course c in student.Courses.ToList())
    {
        student.Courses.Remove(c);
    }
    context.SaveChanges();
}

Answer 2

Have you try this code :

var student = context.Students.Where(p => p.studID == "001").ToList();
foreach (var item in student)
{
    if (student != null)
    {
        var course = student.Courses.ToList();
        if (course != null)
        {
            foreach (var item2 in course)
            {         
                course.Students.Remove(item2);
                context.SaveChanges();
            }
        }           
   }
}     

Answer 3

I used the code below to delete all records from Enroll table

Are you deleting enrolls or students?

Student student = context.Student.FirstOrDefault(s => s.studID == "001");
if (student!=null)
{
    student.Enrolls.Load();
    student.Enrolls.ToList().ForEach(e => context.Enroll.DeleteObject(e));
}

Answer 4

For others looking to this answer you could also do it using include.

using(var context = new DBEntities())
{    
    // Get student by id
    var student = context.Students.Include(s => s.Courses).Where(s => s.studID == "001").FirstOrDefault();

    if(student.Courses != null)
    {
        // Retrieve list of courses for that student
        var coursesToRemove = stud.Courses.ToList();

        // Remove courses
        foreach (var course in coursesToRemove)
        {
            student.Courses.Remove(course);
        }

        // Save changes
        context.SaveChanges();
    }
}