Handling Concurrency Conflicts in EF Core
There is one problem that every developer eventually experiences, even if the application is small. Everything works perfectly during testing, but once multiple users start…
Masasi Arai
Solutions Architect | Developer | Blogger
Masasi Arai
Solutions Architect | Developer | Blogger
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Audit Logging in EF Core: Who Did What and When
One of the questions I often receive from business users, auditors, and even fellow developers is very simple: “Who changed this record?” The second question…
Soft Delete in EF Core Using Query Filters
One pattern that shows up almost everywhere in real systems is soft delete. At first it looks trivial. Just add a column called IsDeleted and…
EF Core Interceptors: Injecting Logic Into Query Pipeline
When I first encountered Entity Framework Core interceptors, I honestly did not pay much attention to them. At that time, I was busy solving more…
Shadow Properties in EF Core: The Hidden Metadata Magic
When I first encountered shadow properties in Entity Framework Core, I honestly did not understand why I would ever need them. I was already comfortable…
Value Conversions in EF Core: Storing Custom Types in SQL
When I first started working seriously with Entity Framework Core, I treated it very simply. A string is a string, an int is an int,…
EF Core Performance Tips for Large Data Sets
When I first started using EF Core in real projects, performance was not something I worried about too much. Most examples online worked fine, the…
How to Log and Debug EF Core SQL Queries
When I first started using Entity Framework Core, I had this feeling that everything was almost magical. I write some LINQ, hit Run, and boom,…
How to Use Transactions in EF Core for Reliable Changes
When I first started using Entity Framework Core seriously, I thought transactions were something “already handled by the database”. I remember thinking, why should I…
Ordering, Filtering, and Paging with EF Core
I always tell people that EF Core is one of those tools that looks very simple in the beginning. You do a few queries, call…
