My last post talked about not calling DbContext.Update or DbSet.Update when it isn’t needed. This post presents the opposite: a place where it is not obvious but necessary to call Update. Getting […]
EF Core Tips: Don’t call Update when you don’t need to!
I see all kinds of code while investigating issues and answering questions on GitHub. One thing that frequently crops up is calling DbContext.Update or DbSet.Update when it is not needed. Change tracking […]
Introducing EF Core 5 Features: CreateDbCommand: I’ll see your string and raise you a command…
My previous post showed using ToQueryString to get generated SQL. This will commonly be copy-pasted, but it could also be executed directly by the application. For example: This will work in simple […]
Introducing EF Core 5 Features: Using ToQueryString to get generated SQL
The EF team has been publishing weekly status updates since the middle of last year. Recently I have started including brief introductions for newly implemented enhancements. I’m going to experiment with blogging […]
Magic Leap One is everything I hoped it would be
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not perfect. But then again, neither were early mobile phones. However, just like early mobiles, ML1 is more about possibilities and a vision for the future, which […]
Many-to-many relationships in EF Core 2.0 – Part 4: A more general abstraction
In the last few posts we saw how to hide use of the join entity from two entities with a many-to-many relationship. This post doesn’t add any additional functionality, it just abstracts […]
Many-to-many relationships in EF Core 2.0 – Part 3: Hiding as ICollection
In the previous post we ended up with entities that hide the join entity from the public surface. However, it was not possible to add or removed entities through this public surface. […]
