I'm trying to select all the rows out of a database using entity framework for manipulation before they're sent to the form
var ptx = [modelname].[tablename]();
ptx.[tablename].Select(????)
what goes in the ????
I used the entitydatasource and it provide everything I needed for what I wanted to do.
_repository.[tablename].ToList();
Entity Framework has one beautiful thing for it, like :
var users = context.Users;
This will select all rows in Table User
, then you can use your .ToList()
etc.
For newbies to Entity Framework, it is like :
PortalEntities context = new PortalEntities();
var users = context.Users;
This will select all rows in Table User