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POHow can I update a content item (draft) from a background task in Orchard?
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  1. POHow can I update a content item (draft) from a background task in Orchard?
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    copied!<p>I have a simple <code>IBackgroundTask</code> implementation that performs a query and then either performs an insert or one or more updates depending on whether a specific item exists or not. However, the <em>updates</em> are not persisted, and I don't understand why. <em>New items</em> are created just as expected.</p> <p>The content item I'm updating has a <code>CommonPart</code> and I've tried authenticating as a valid user. I've also tried flushing the content manager at the end of the <code>Sweep</code> method. What am I missing?</p> <p>This is my <code>Sweep</code>, slightly edited for brevity:</p> <pre><code>public void Sweep() { // Authenticate as the site's super user var superUser = _membershipService.GetUser(_orchardServices.WorkContext.CurrentSite.SuperUser); _authenticationService.SetAuthenticatedUserForRequest(superUser); // Create a dummy "Person" content item var item = _contentManager.New("Person"); var person = item.As&lt;PersonPart&gt;(); if (person == null) { return; } person.ExternalId = Random.Next(1, 10).ToString(); person.FirstName = GenerateFirstName(); person.LastName = GenerateLastName(); // Check if the person already exists var matchingPersons = _contentManager .Query&lt;PersonPart, PersonRecord&gt;(VersionOptions.AllVersions) .Where(record =&gt; record.ExternalId == person.ExternalId) .List().ToArray(); if (!matchingPersons.Any()) { // Insert new person and quit _contentManager.Create(item, VersionOptions.Draft); return; } // There are at least one matching person, update it foreach (var updatedPerson in matchingPersons) { updatedPerson.FirstName = person.FirstName; updatedPerson.LastName = person.LastName; } _contentManager.Flush(); } </code></pre>
 

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