/// The term LINQ stands for Language Integrated Query and it is pronounced as LINK. The LINQ (Language Integrated Query) is a part of a language but not a complete language. It was introduced by ...
Sometimes you really, really, really want to see the SQL that LINQ generates when working with the Entity Framework. For instance, in a comment to a recent tip, a reader mentioned that a LINQ to ...
Chuck Hanson started feeling uneasy earlier this month when he heard rumblings that one of Microsoft's year-old data-access protocols, LINQ to SQL, might be sidelined in favor of an even newer ...
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Make that the current directory. Type the command dotnet new console at the command prompt. This creates the starter files for a basic "Hello World" application. If you've never used C# before, this ...
Many database developers have loudly bemoaned Microsoft's decision late last year to marginalize LINQ to SQL in favor of its ADO.NET Entity Framework. Hence there will be no major emphasis on LINQ to ...
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Twice in the past couple of months I’ve gotten tripped up by the same data issue when using LINQ to Entities in the .NET framework. I create a simple view in my database which performs some ...