Ideas or recommendation for updating an entiity after save but not ending in a infinite loop

[jepzen]

I am trying to solve a problem where every time I save an entity of a specific type i need to update a property and the save it again. But i assume that will cause another after save trigger to be triggered and that will continue to in a loop? I guess one way to be use a second db context defined without the trigger, but i rather if i could go another way. Anyone solved/thought about this kind of problem?

[jepzen]

oh maybe i should try this SaveChangesWithoutTriggers...

[koenbeuk]

SaveChangesWithoutTriggers could work for you. Alternatively: Scoped triggers can store properties locally (like for which entities they have already ran). Or you can store additional state in context.Items which is unique for each entity but which exists within a larger SaveChanges session.

Happy to clarify either of these alternative approaches