Select Data - No Tracking in Entity Framework

Introduction

This article demonstrates an interesting and very useful concept in Entity Framework.

Question: What is no tracking?

In simple terms "This is a new extension method, that can be used on entity classes when querying on a large quantity of data, that in turn may result in better query performance".

Step 1: Create a new web application

Step 2: Adding a new Entity Framework:

Step 3: The complete code of WebForm1.aspx is as in the following:

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="WebForm1.aspx.cs" Inherits="SelectDataNoTrackingApp.WebForm1" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

</head>

<body>

<div>

<table>

<tr>

<asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="Select Data - No Tracking" Font-Bold="true"

Font-Size="Large" Font-Names="Verdana" ForeColor="Maroon"></asp:Label>

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Select Data" Font-Names="Verdana" Width="213px"

BackColor="Orange" Font-Bold="True" OnClick="Button1_Click" />

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" CssClass="grid" BackColor="LightGoldenrodYellow"

BorderColor="Tan" BorderWidth="1px" CellPadding="2" ForeColor="Black" GridLines="None">

No Records Found!</EmptyDataTemplate>

</asp:GridView>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</div>

</center>

</form>

</body>

</html>

Step 4: The complete code of WebForm1.aspx.cs is as in the following:

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Web;

using System.Web.UI;

using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

using System.Data.Entity;

namespace SelectDataNoTrackingApp

{

public partial class WebForm1 : System.Web.UI.Page

{

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

}

protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

using (CompanyEntities objEntities = new CompanyEntities())

{

var query = objEntities.tblEmployee.AsNoTracking();

GridView1.DataSource = query; GridView1.DataBind();

}

Step 5: The output of the application is as in the following:

Step 6: The selected data output of the application is as in the following:

I hope this article was useful for you.