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Entity Framework vs. Linq to SQL? [closed]
I'm a little bit confused about these two terms "Linq to SQL" and "Entity Framework". I have the general idea that both of them somehow allow you to refer to database tables as .net objects or ...
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Is LinqPad site quote “Tired of querying in antiquated SQL?” accurate?
I was struck by the heading
Tired of querying in antiquated SQL?
on http://www.linqpad.net/.
I am a N-Tier application developer and learnt my trade in a company that worked with a lot of data, ...
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Book for LINQ in VB.NET [closed]
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Books for LINQ in VB.NET
I want to learn LINQ and I only know VB.NET. Please recommend a book for me. Thanks.
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Does LINQ require significantly more processing cycles and memory than lower-level data iteration techniques?
Background
I am recently in the process of enduring grueling tech interviews for positions that use the .NET stack, some of which include silly questions like this one, and some questions that are ...
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Is querying KeyValue Pairs efficient compared to two-property objects?
I'm working on a webservice and I'm returning JSON. However, I'm returning a List<KeyValuePair<string, int>>, since that's all I'm really ever going to be dealing with (property => value)
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T-SQL stored procs orders of magnitude faster than LINQ
According to answers I've seen on stackoverflow, stored procedures (and to a lesser extent db functions) tend to perform better vs. LINQ + ORM frameworks (e.g. Entity Framework).
I want to determine ...
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Should I be learning Linq, Direct SQL Commands (in .net), EF or other?
Basically, I have a very good knowledge of plain old SQL coming from Classic ASP programming.
Over the past couple of months, I have been learning C# and today was my first full day at MVC 3 (Razor) ...
