Dynamic table names in Entity Framework LINQ
Dynamic table names in Entity Framework LINQ
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Updated on 06-Sep-2023
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Dynamic table names in Entity Framework LINQ
Aryan Kumar
06-Sep-2023Yes, dynamic table names can be used in Entity Framework LINQ. You can do this by using the
DynamicTableName
property of theDbContext
class. TheDynamicTableName
property takes a lambda expression as a parameter. The lambda expression will be used to dynamically generate the table name.The following code shows how to use the
DynamicTableName
property to dynamically generate the table name:C#
In this example, we first create a DbContext named
MyContext
. Then, we use theDynamicTableName
property to dynamically generate the table name. The lambda expression takes the entity ID as a parameter and returns the table name. Finally, we get the entities from the table and print them.Here are some other things to keep in mind when using dynamic table names with Entity Framework LINQ: