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Tip 35 – How to write OfTypeOnly<TEntity>()
If you write a LINQ to Entities query like this: var results = from c in ctx.Vehicles.OfType<Car>() select c; It will bring back, Cars and any type that derives from Car, like say SportCar or SUV. If you just want Cars and you don’t want derived Read More...
Tip 30 – How to use a custom database function
Imagine you have a database function like the DistanceBetween function in Nerd Dinner : CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[DistanceBetween]( @Lat1 as real, @Long1 as real, @Lat2 as real, @Long2 as real) RETURNS real AS BEGIN … END And you want to use it with the Read More...
Tip 25 – How to Get Entities by key the easy way
Sometimes rather than writing this: var customer = ctx.Customers.First(c => c.ID == 5); You would rather write something like this: var customer = ctx.Customers.GetCustomerById(5); In .NET 4.0 this would be trivial to do by modifying the T4 templates Read More...
DefiningQuery versus QueryView
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