Using an explicit Join in a LINQ query is an example of thinking "in SQL" rather than "in LINQ+EF." For instance, the Order object has a Customer navigation property that links the Order object to the ...

At run time, the connection to the database won't be opened, the SQL statement won't be sent to the database, and the rows won't be retrieved until I manipulate the LINQ query's result.

Parallel LINQ enables you to optimize your queries by splitting them into parts so as to execute these parts in parallel and hence boost the query performance. In this article we would discuss ...

Unlike Entity Framework, LINQ to SQL is best used as a simple query and update mechanism without any customization aside from basic table mappings. Database Vendors do not like it either for an ...