EF.Constant<T>(T) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore

Assembly:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.dll

Package:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v9.0.0

Source:: EF.cs

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Within the context of an EF LINQ query, forces its argument to be inserted into the query as a constant expression. This can be used to e.g. integrate a value as a constant inside an EF query, instead of as a parameter, for query performance reasons.

public static T Constant<T> (T argument);

static member Constant : 'T -> 'T

Public Shared Function Constant(Of T) (argument As T) As T

Type Parameters

T

The type of the expression to be integrated as a constant into the query.

Parameters

argument: T

The expression to be integrated as a constant into the query.

Returns

The same value for further use in the query.

Remarks

Note that this is a static method accessed through the top-level EF static type.

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