Entity Framework is an open source, object-relational mapper (ORM) that simplifies data access in your application. It enables you to write code to perform CRUD (create, read, update, and delete) ...

Take advantage of the DbContext in Entity Framework Core to connect to a database and perform CRUD operations using CLR objects Microsoft’s Entity Framework is an open-source object-relational mapper, ...

Entity Framework Core doesn't have lazy loading (at least, not yet). But you can fake it by using explicit loading, though it doesn't work quite the way you might want. In fact, it's probably a good ...

It's critical to understand that FromSql is much more limited than SqlQuery in terms of what it can return. SqlQuery, which was available from the DbContext's Database object, allowed you to submit ...

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