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As we have seen in previous blog posts getting data from a RavenDB database is easy. Either use the IDocumentSession.Query<T>() function to load a series of documents or the IDocumentSession..Load<T>() function to load a document using its identity. However sometimes we want more control over what we want to load. It turns out this is rather easy as the IDocumentSession.Query<T>() function returns an IQueryable<T>, actually it returns a IRavenQueryable<T> to be exact but more about that another time. Querying the database As IDocumentSession.Query<T>() return an IQueryable<T> we can just start composing queries just as we can with EntityFramework or another … Continue reading Querying RavenDB databases

In a previous post I explored various options of hosting RavenDB. While using RavenDB as a Windows Service or hosted in IIS is probably the best way to go in most cases there are a number of cases where the embedded option is great. And one of the places where I really like the embedded option of hosting RavenDB is when doing simple standalone websites. And with the new Azure website option that is a great way to host them.   The code is real straightforward and just like before. I am using a DataDirectory option when creating the EmbeddableDocumentStore … Continue reading Using RavenDB with Azure websites