// @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();

        // DeleteFromQuery: DELETE all rows from the database using a LINQ Query without loading entities in the context

        using (var context = new EntityContext())

        {

            // DELETE all customers that are inactive

            context.Customers.Where(x => !x.IsActive).DeleteFromQuery();

            FiddleHelper.WriteTable(context.Customers.ToList());    

        }

        // DeleteFromQuery: DELETE all rows from the database using a LINQ Query without loading entities in the context

        using (var context = new EntityContext())

        {

            // DELETE customers by Name

            context.Customers.Where(x => x.Name =="Customer_B").DeleteFromQuery();

            FiddleHelper.WriteTable(context.Customers.ToList());

        }

    }

    public static void GenerateData()

    {

        using (var context = new EntityContext())

        {

            context.Customers.Add(new Customer() { Name ="Customer_A", IsActive = false  });

            context.Customers.Add(new Customer() { Name ="Customer_B", IsActive = true });

            context.Customers.Add(new Customer() { Name ="Customer_C", IsActive = false });

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            context.BulkSaveChanges();  

        }

        using (var context = new EntityContext())

        {

            FiddleHelper.WriteTable(context.Customers.ToList());    

        }

    }

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    public class EntityContext : DbContext

    {

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

        {

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        }

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

    }

    public class Customer

    {

        public int CustomerID { get; set; }

        public string Name { get; set; }

        public Boolean IsActive { get; set; }

    }

}