Exclude a column from a select using LINQ

Question

I\'m developing a WCF RESTful web service with Entity Framework Code First.

I have a table Users with a lot of columns. I do this to get an specific use

Answer 1

Its sad to say but NO

You do not have option to directly exclude any particular column. You may go with lazy loading of columns.

The easiest and non-liking method would be to include columns which you want.

Answer 2

Specify each column that you do want in your select statement:

var users = from u in context.Users

        where u.UserId == userId

        select u.UserId, u.Watever, etc... ;

Answer 3

You can create more than one LINQ object per table. I'd create one with the field you need and one without. It makes CRUD operations more difficult though.

Answer 4

another way like this,

   var users = from u in context.Users
                where u.UserId == userId
                select new 
                {
                    col1 = u.UserId, 
                    col2 = u.Watever
                }.ToList();