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Entity Framework validation exception

DbEntityValidationException is the exception thrown by Entity Framework when the entity validation fails.

System.Data.Entity.Validation.DbEntityValidationException:
Validation failed for one or more entities. See 'EntityValidationErrors' property for more details.

You can use the AppendExceptionDetails handler to capture the exception and log the validation errors.

Example

Global.asax
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namespace MyApp.Mvc
{
    public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
    {
        protected void Application_Start()
        {
            // [...]

            ConfigureKissLog();
        }

        private void ConfigureKissLog()
        {
            KissLogConfiguration.Options
                .AppendExceptionDetails((Exception ex) =>
                {
                    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

                    if (ex is DbEntityValidationException dbException)
                    {
                        sb.AppendLine("DbEntityValidationException:");

                        foreach (var error in dbException.EntityValidationErrors.SelectMany(p => p.ValidationErrors))
                        {
                            string message = string.Format("Field: {0}, Error: {1}", error.PropertyName, error.ErrorMessage);
                            sb.AppendLine(message);
                        }
                    }

                    return sb.ToString();
                });
        }
    }
}

Result

DbEntityValidationException

DbEntityValidationException

Appending ValidationErrors to the log message

Inspect the ValidationErrors (kisslog.net)

Appending ValidationErrors to the log message

Inspect the ValidationErrors (text logs)