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That second line is a bit long, so it would be nice to pull it out as a reusable extension method: Unfortunately this forces Entity Framework to run the query in memory, rather than in the database.

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Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL is the open source EF Core provider for PostgreSQL. It allows you to interact with PostgreSQL via the most widely-used .NET O/RM from Microsoft, and use familiar ...

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Entity Framework (EF) Core is a popular Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) tool for .NET applications. It simplifies database operations by allowing developers to work with data as objects, without ...

Chris Klug keeps seeing developers using Entity Framework in less optimal ways. Microsoft's open-source object-relational mapper (ORM) for .NET applications is not intended to be used to replicate the ...

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