Chapter 2. Looking more closely at queries
After completing the chapter, you’ll be able to
The most natural act when you have a data store of some type is to ask it a question. This activity doesn’t necessarily require a database. Knowledgeable people are asked lots of questions by those who want to know something. Someone long ago decided to call this activity a query when it comes to computers, but the concept is precisely the same. When you store data with a computer, you want to be able to ask the computer questions about that data later—otherwise, the data is useless. That’s what this chapter is about—asking the computer questions to gain information ...
Get Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework Step by Step now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
