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I had two people (including the person below who blocked me for my response) tell me using ToList() was wrong … Continue reading When to avoid ToList() / ToListAsych() in Entity Framework?

This relatively new EFCore.Visualizer Visual Studio extension looks like it could be a game changer. It enables us to view … Continue reading View Entity Framework DB query plans directly inside Visual Studio

By default Entity Framework converts strings to nvarchar(MAX) in SQL Server which isn’t ideal. We can configure this mapping in … Continue reading Setting default global configuration for .NET types in Entity Framework

By default Entity Framework will convert string properties to nvarchar(MAX) or nvarchar(123) where 123 is the length we have set … Continue reading How to make strings non-Unicode in Entity Framework Code First

Normally if we want to include certain navigation properties we have to explicitly do it on a query by query … Continue reading How to auto include navigations in Entity Framework

It’s simple enough to get started with the Entity Framework Database First approach using the command line, but it’s even … Continue reading Entity Framework DB First quick start using EF Core Power Tools

When we turn on logging in Entity Framework, by default it won’t output sensitive information such as query parameter values … Continue reading Include sensitive data in Entity Framework logging by setting EnableSensitiveDataLogging

The FromSqlInterpolated method in Entity Framework Core is used to execute a raw SQL query that contains interpolated parameters. Interpolated … Continue reading Entity Framework FromSqlInterpolated examples