Updating Artificial Types

This topic demonstrates how to update artificial types. Basically, you need to use the SetFieldValue<T> extension method from the Telerik.OpenAccess namespace.

To use the FieldValue<T> and SetFieldValue<T> extension methods, you need to use/import the Telerik.OpenAccess namespace.

The following example demonstrates how to query a product artificial type and how to update it.

using ( FluentModelContext fluentContext = new FluentModelContext() )
{
   object product = fluentContext
       .GetAll( "FluentModel.Product" )
       .Where( string.Format( "Id = {0}", 0 ) )
       .Cast<object>()
       .FirstOrDefault();

   product.SetFieldValue( "ProductName", "NewProductName" );
   fluentContext.SaveChanges();
}

Using fluentContext As New FluentModelContext()
    Dim product As Object = fluentContext.
        GetAll("FluentModel.Product").
        Where(String.Format("Id = {0}", 0)).
        Cast(Of Object)().
        FirstOrDefault()

    ' Extension methods on objects should be called as static methods
    ' due to limitations in VB
    Telerik.OpenAccess.ExtensionMethods.SetFieldValue(product, "ProductName", "NewProductName")
    fluentContext.SaveChanges()
End Using

The How to: Bulk Update Artificial Types article demonstrates how to update large amounts of data on the server side.