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Explains declaration, querying, saving, generated identifiers, and version-specific initialization warnings.

DbSet<T>

As explained in .NET in Action, Second Edition

DbSet is an Entity Framework Core API type representing a queryable and persistable collection of entities in a database context.

DbSet<T> represents a collection of Entity Framework Core entities attached to a DbContext. An entity can correspond to a table or another database object, such as a view. section 5.2

Declaring and using a DbSet

Declare a typed property such as public DbSet<Book> Books { get; set; }. Add Book objects through the context, call SaveChanges, then query Books and order the results by Id. EF Core populates generated identifiers for saved records.

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IQueryablekind of · IQueryable is a .NET interface representing a queryable data source whose expression trees can be translated and executed by a provider.
Entity Framework Coreused by · Entity Framework Core is a cross-platform object-relational mapping framework for .NET that enables applications to query and persist data through .NET objects and APIs.
database tableequivalent to · A database table is a relational database structure that organizes records into rows and defined columns.
dbcontextpart of · DbContext is the Entity Framework Core class that coordinates database access, entity querying and change tracking, and persistence for an application’s data model.

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