Update multiple records with Entity Framwork

I am wondering what the best way to update multiple records with Entity Framework is.
This is how I normally do it, and it does work:

private static void SetNcprpCodesAsComplete(string[] ncprpCodes)
    {
        using (var ent = new Data.Entities())
        {
            var query = from ba in ent.BuildingAssessments
                        where ncprpCodes.Contains(ba.NcprpCode)
                        select ba.TabletAssessment;
            foreach (var ta in query) ta.Complete = true;
            ent.SaveChanges();
        }
    }

This query should also work (is one better than the other)

var query = from ta in ent.TabletAssessments
                  where ncprpCodes.Contains(ta.BuildingAssessment.NcprpCode)
                  select ta;

Another way could be looping through the string[], attaching and updating. Is it possible to attach when doing a multi table query like this?

This is the usual way how to update properties in EF, and in your case, I'd say it seems the only proper way. You can surely attach and update - but then you'll loose all other properties in your entity. To sum up - if you'd need to update one property in entities, you'll need to do SELECT (your query), modify entities (foreach) and then do UPDATE (SaveChanges).

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