How to: Return a Single Object

This topic provides an example of how to return a single Customer object.

To run the code in this example, you need a fluent model based on the Northwind database.

The following code is the LINQ example.

using ( FluentModel dbContext = new FluentModel() )
{
   Customer customer = ( from c in dbContext.Customers
                         where c.Country == "Germany"
                         select c ).FirstOrDefault();
   if ( customer != null )
       Console.WriteLine( "CustomerID: {0}", customer.CustomerID );
}

Using dbContext As New FluentModel()
 Dim _customer As Customer = (
     From c In dbContext.Customers
     Where c.Country = "Germany"
     Select c).FirstOrDefault()
 If _customer IsNot Nothing Then
  Console.WriteLine("CustomerID: {0}", _customer.CustomerID)
 End If
End Using

How to: Return a Single Object

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