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Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore

Entity Framework Core is a modern object-database mapper for .NET. It supports LINQ queries, change tracking, updates, and schema migrations. EF Core works with SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, SQLite, Azure Cosmos DB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and other databases through a provider plugin API. Commonly Used Types: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.DbContext Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.DbSet

Total Downloads
2.4B
2,413,940,872
Published
Mar 14, 2023
Latest stable version

Install

.NET CLI
dotnet add package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore --version 6.0.15
Package Manager Console
Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore -Version 6.0.15
PackageReference
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="6.0.15" />

Frameworks

net6.0

Dependencies

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