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With SQL Server 2016, it now makes sense to store JSON objects in your database (even though there’s no JSON datatype). Here’s how to query JSON properties to find the rows you want.

Fig. 2. shows the mapping of the text file columns to the table columns. Figure 1. Simple data fow from NewStores.txt. Figure 2. How the two text files are mapped. (Click image to view larger ...

In addition to StretchDB and AlwaysEncrypted, there are two more exciting features in the works for SQL Server 2016: dynamic data masking and row-level security. In the case of these two features, ...

Now if you drop the view from your data model and re-add it, EF will pick up the real primary key column that is labeled NID and your LINQ statement will perform as expected.