Comments on: My first LINQ Experience. How to do a simple COUNT() with LINQ to SQL http://peterkellner.net/2007/12/24/linqcountfirsttime/ Specializing in Microsoft Web and Database Technologies Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:27:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Luisnet http://peterkellner.net/2007/12/24/linqcountfirsttime/comment-page-1/#comment-25170 Luisnet Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:47:58 +0000 http://peterkellner.net/2007/12/24/linqcountfirsttime/#comment-25170 Thank you for the explanation... Thank you for the explanation…

]]> By: PRMan http://peterkellner.net/2007/12/24/linqcountfirsttime/comment-page-1/#comment-675 PRMan Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:30:30 +0000 http://peterkellner.net/2007/12/24/linqcountfirsttime/#comment-675 return (int)SqlHelper.ExecuteScalar(connectionString, "select count(*) from content where IsDirectory = 1 and id = @id") == 0; That's a single line. And does the LINQ implementation send a full query or just a count query? That can be a big waste, especially if this is called often. I would probably be caching this item as well. return (int)SqlHelper.ExecuteScalar(connectionString, “select count(*) from content where IsDirectory = 1 and id = @id”) == 0;

That’s a single line.

And does the LINQ implementation send a full query or just a count query? That can be a big waste, especially if this is called often.

I would probably be caching this item as well.

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