ISqlFromBuilder.From(string table) Method

.NET Standard 2.x

Adds a table or view (with no alias specified) to the FROM clause of the current object.

Namespace: SnapObjects.Data

Assembly: SnapObjects.Data.dll

Syntax

  ISqlFromBuilder From(string table);

Parameters

table System.String

The name of the table or view.

Returns

SnapObjects.Data.ISqlFromBuilder

Returns the current ISqlFromBuilder object.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the From(string table) method to retrieve all the records from the "Department" table.

using SnapObjects.Data;
using System;

namespace Appeon.ApiDoc.ISqlFromBuilderExamples
{
    public class FromExample
    {
        private SchoolContext _context;

        public FromExample(SchoolContext dataContext)
        {
            // Sets the Data Context
            _context = dataContext;
        }

        public void Example2()
        {

            // Declares SqlQueryBuilder.
            var sqlbuilder = new SqlQueryBuilder();

            // Builds a SQL statement to retrieve all the records from the "Department" table.
            sqlbuilder.Select("*")
                .From("Department");

            // Converts to raw SQL for the database corresponding to the data context.
            string sql = sqlbuilder.ToSqlString(_context);

            Console.WriteLine(sql);

            /*This code produces the following output:
            
            SELECT
             *
            FROM [Department]         
            */
        }
    }
}

Applies to

.NET Standard

2.x