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B. L. GormanPractical Entity Frameworkhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6044-9_8

8. Sorting, Filtering, and Paging

Brian L. Gorman1 
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Jesup, IA, USA
 

In this chapter, we’re going to build on what we’ve learned in the previous seven chapters. To this point, we have created a database using the code-first approach, and now are ready to start working with the data in a more robust fashion.

It’s time to learn LINQ

Now that our data is modeled and we have the InventoryDBContext in place to get the data, we need to start learning and working with LINQ in our solutions. To be clear, LINQ exists outside of Entity Framework, with options like LINQ to Objects, LINQ to XML, and even LINQ to ADO.Net, so don’t make the mistake of thinking ...

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