Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore 5.0.0-preview.6.20312.4

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.NET Standard 2.1 This package targets .NET Standard 2.1. The package is compatible with this framework or higher.
This is a prerelease version of Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.
There is a newer version of this package available.
See the version list below for details.

Requires NuGet 3.6 or higher.

dotnet add package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore --version 5.0.0-preview.6.20312.4
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore -Version 5.0.0-preview.6.20312.4
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="5.0.0-preview.6.20312.4" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="5.0.0-preview.6.20312.4" />
                    


                            Directory.Packages.props
                        

                    

                
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" />
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore --version 5.0.0-preview.6.20312.4
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore, 5.0.0-preview.6.20312.4"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore@5.0.0-preview.6.20312.4
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore&version=5.0.0-preview.6.20312.4&prerelease
                    


                            Install as a Cake Addin
                        

                    

                
#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore&version=5.0.0-preview.6.20312.4&prerelease
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

Entity Framework Core is a modern object-database mapper for .NET. It supports LINQ queries, change tracking, updates, and schema migrations. EF Core works with SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, SQLite, Azure Cosmos DB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and other databases through a provider plugin API.

Commonly Used Types:
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.DbContext
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.DbSet

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net5.0 was computed.  net5.0-windows was computed.  net6.0 was computed.  net6.0-android was computed.  net6.0-ios was computed.  net6.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net6.0-macos was computed.  net6.0-tvos was computed.  net6.0-windows was computed.  net7.0 was computed.  net7.0-android was computed.  net7.0-ios was computed.  net7.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net7.0-macos was computed.  net7.0-tvos was computed.  net7.0-windows was computed.  net8.0 was computed.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed.  net9.0 was computed.  net9.0-android was computed.  net9.0-browser was computed.  net9.0-ios was computed.  net9.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net9.0-macos was computed.  net9.0-tvos was computed.  net9.0-windows was computed.  net10.0 was computed.  net10.0-android was computed.  net10.0-browser was computed.  net10.0-ios was computed.  net10.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net10.0-macos was computed.  net10.0-tvos was computed.  net10.0-windows was computed. 
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5.0.7 14,953,859 6/8/2021 5.0.7 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
5.0.6 8,432,441 5/11/2021 5.0.6 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
5.0.5 11,806,517 4/6/2021 5.0.5 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
5.0.4 8,526,620 3/9/2021 5.0.4 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
5.0.3 8,241,308 2/9/2021 5.0.3 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
5.0.2 10,726,714 1/12/2021 5.0.2 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
5.0.1 16,506,104 12/8/2020 5.0.1 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
5.0.0 28,143,066 11/9/2020 5.0.0 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
5.0.0-rc.2.20475.6 389,851 10/13/2020
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3.1.30 829,836 10/11/2022
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3.0.3 198,521 2/19/2020
3.0.2 83,610 1/14/2020
3.0.1 1,434,241 11/18/2019
3.0.0 19,628,738 9/23/2019
3.0.0-rc1.19456.14 47,083 9/16/2019
3.0.0-preview9.19423.6 1,397,819 9/4/2019
3.0.0-preview8.19405.11 419,679 8/13/2019
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3.0.0-preview.19074.3 32,693 1/29/2019
3.0.0-preview.18572.1 49,138 12/3/2018
2.3.0 38,162 1/14/2025
2.2.6 32,551,473 7/9/2019 2.2.6 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
2.2.4 19,854,514 4/9/2019 2.2.4 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
2.2.3 5,413,638 3/11/2019 2.2.3 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
2.2.2 6,539,564 2/12/2019 2.2.2 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
2.2.1 6,977,083 1/8/2019 2.2.1 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
2.2.0 22,601,778 12/3/2018 2.2.0 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
2.2.0-preview3-35497 185,941 10/17/2018
2.2.0-preview2-35157 154,440 9/12/2018
2.2.0-preview1-35029 86,279 8/22/2018
2.1.14 4,111,270 11/18/2019
2.1.11 3,736,733 5/14/2019
2.1.8 3,886,070 2/12/2019
2.1.4 15,753,259 10/1/2018
2.1.3 4,949,932 9/11/2018
2.1.2 8,197,928 8/21/2018
2.1.1 17,433,759 6/18/2018
2.1.0 13,540,167 5/29/2018
2.1.0-rc1-final 226,241 5/6/2018
2.1.0-preview2-final 208,775 4/10/2018
2.1.0-preview1-final 320,528 2/26/2018
2.0.3 5,504,668 5/7/2018 2.0.3 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
2.0.2 6,822,349 3/13/2018 2.0.2 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
2.0.1 12,803,607 11/14/2017 2.0.1 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
2.0.0 28,201,881 8/11/2017 2.0.0 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
2.0.0-preview2-final 97,364 6/28/2017 2.0.0-preview2-final is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
2.0.0-preview1-final 1,145,776 5/10/2017 2.0.0-preview1-final is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.1.6 6,253,065 7/10/2018 1.1.6 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.1.5 1,265,254 12/12/2017 1.1.5 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.1.4 232,775 11/14/2017 1.1.4 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.1.3 312,926 9/20/2017 1.1.3 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.1.2 5,233,168 5/9/2017 1.1.2 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.1.1 3,370,987 3/6/2017 1.1.1 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.1.0 8,058,756 11/16/2016 1.1.0 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.1.0-preview1-final 47,046 10/24/2016 1.1.0-preview1-final is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.0.6 57,928 11/14/2017 1.0.6 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.0.5 46,111 9/20/2017 1.0.5 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.0.4 61,029 5/9/2017 1.0.4 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.0.3 708,533 3/6/2017 1.0.3 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.0.2 80,912 12/12/2016 1.0.2 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.0.1 864,991 9/13/2016 1.0.1 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.0.0 2,063,363 6/27/2016 1.0.0 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.0.0-rc2-final 146,387 5/16/2016 1.0.0-rc2-final is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.