Entity Framework Core Getting started with Entity Framework Core Model, Querying and Saving Data

Example

Model

With EF Core, data access is performed using a model. A model is made up of entity classes and a derived context that represents a session with the database, allowing you to query and save data.

You can generate a model from an existing database, hand code a model to match your database, or use EF Migrations to create a database from your model (and evolve it as your model changes over time).

using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Intro
{
    public class BloggingContext : DbContext
    {
        public DbSet<Blog> Blogs { get; set; }
        public DbSet<Post> Posts { get; set; }

        protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
        {
            optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer(@"Server=(localdb)\mssqllocaldb;Database=MyDatabase;Trusted_Connection=True;");
        }
    }

    public class Blog
    {
        public int BlogId { get; set; }
        public string Url { get; set; }

        public List<Post> Posts { get; set; }
    }

    public class Post
    {
        public int PostId { get; set; }
        public string Title { get; set; }
        public string Content { get; set; }

        public int BlogId { get; set; }
        public Blog Blog { get; set; }
    }
}

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Querying

Instances of your entity classes are retrieved from the database using Language Integrated Query (LINQ).

using (var db = new BloggingContext())
{
    var blogs = db.Blogs
        .Where(b => b.Rating > 3)
        .OrderBy(b => b.Url)
        .ToList();
}

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Saving Data

Data is created, deleted, and modified in the database using instances of your entity classes.

using (var db = new BloggingContext())
{
    var blog = new Blog { Url = "http://sample.com" };
    db.Blogs.Add(blog);
    db.SaveChanges();
}

Deleting Data

Instances of your entity classes are retrieved from the database using Language Integrated Query (LINQ).

using (var db = new BloggingContext())
{
    var blog = new Blog { Url = "http://sample.com" };
    db.Blogs.Attach(blog);
    db.Blogs.Remove(blog);
    db.SaveChanges();
}

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Updating Data

Data is updated in the database using instances of your entity classes.

using (var db = new BloggingContext())
{
    var blog = new Blog { Url = "http://sample.com" };
    var entity = db.Blogs.Find(blog);
    entity.Url = "http://sample2.com";
    db.SaveChanges();
}