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不知道大夥伴們有沒有這樣的想法:如果我不定義實體類,那 EF Core 能建模嗎?能正常映射數據庫嗎?能正常增刪改查嗎?
雖然一般開發場景很少這麼幹,但有時候,尤其是數據庫中的某些視圖,就不太想給它定義實體類。好消息,EF Core 還真支持不定義實體類的。可是,你一定會疑惑了,不定義實體類,那還怎麼面向對象呢?不急,咱們一個個去探尋真相。
先看看這個自定義的上下文類。
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Good technical illustrations and data visualisations allow users and clients to, in a manner of speaking, take time out, ponder and look at the information in a really accessible and engaging way. I
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This article has been kindly supported by our dear friends at Penpot whose mission is to provide an open-source and open-standards platform to bring collaboration between designers and developers
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