// Entity Framework Classic

// Doc: https://entityframework-classic.net/query-deferred

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// @nuget: Z.EntityFramework.Classic

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using System;

using System.Linq;

using System.Data.Entity;

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public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        GenerateData();

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        using (var context = new EntityContext())

        {           

            // Not do Select

            var futurValue = context.Customers.DeferredLongCount().FutureValue();

            // SELECT COUNT_BIG(1) FROM Customers

            Console.WriteLine("LongCount Customer is : " +   futurValue.Value);         

        }

    }

    public static void GenerateData()

    {

        using (var context = new EntityContext())

        {

            context.Customers.Add(new Customer() { Name = "Customer_A", Description = "Description", Age = 20 });

            context.Customers.Add(new Customer() { Name = "Customer_B", Description = "Description", Age = 30 });           

            context.Customers.Add(new Customer() { Name = "Customer_C", Description = "Description", Age = 32 });

            context.SaveChanges();  

        }

    }

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    public class EntityContext : DbContext

    {       

        public EntityContext() : base(FiddleHelper.GetConnectionStringSqlServer())

        {       

        }

        public DbSet<Customer> Customers { get; set; }

    }

    public class Customer

    {

        public int CustomerID { get; set; }

        public string Name { get; set; }

        public string Description { get; set; }

        public int Age { get; set; }

    }

}