I think the differences are: Code first Very popular because hardcore programmers don’t like any kind of designers and defining mapping in EDMX xml is too complex. Full control over the code (no autogenerated code which is hard to modify). General expectation is that you do not bother with DB. DB is just a storage … Read more
If you want to take full advantage of ORM you will definitely use Entity reference: public class Order { public int ID { get; set; } public Customer Customer { get; set; } // <– Customer object … } Once you generate an entity model from a database with FKs it will always generate entity … Read more
Probably you have problem on the server side. Could you append your question with the code of DynamicGridData action which you currently use. The action should have filters as the parameter. Some parts of your current code are definitively wrong. For example jqGrid is the jQuery plugin. So the methods of jQuery will be extended … Read more
For those using Entity Framework 6 and up, if you want to view the output SQL in Visual Studio (like I did) you have to use the new logging/interception functionality. Adding the following line will spit out the generated SQL (along with additional execution-related details) in the Visual Studio output panel: using (MyDatabaseEntities context = … Read more