I have a short question. Im my current project I'm using LINQ-to-SQl. That is the best way to determine if table has record with specific ID?
Thanks in advance.
I have a short question. Im my current project I'm using LINQ-to-SQl. That is the best way to determine if table has record with specific ID?
Thanks in advance.
If you just need to know if it exists, then perhaps:
var exists = db.SomeTable.Any(row => row.Id == id);
If you want the row (or null
if it doesn't exist), then:
var row = db.SomeTable.FirstOrDefault(row => row.Id == id);
actually, in .NET 3.5 there is arguably a benefit to using:
var row = db.SomeTable.Where(row => row.Id == id).FirstOrDefault();
but this is fixed in 4.0 and both work the same. The difference is that in 3.5SP, FirstOrDefault(predicate)
doesn't check the identity-manager, so it would hit the db even if it already knows about the row you asked for (because it has it in-memory).