Question

Hi I’m writing a app which has a search page and does a search on the database.

I’m wondering whether I should do this in linq or a stored procedure.

Is the performance of a stored procedure much better than that of linq to sql?

I’m thinking it would be because in order to write the linq query you need to use the datacontext to access the table on which to query. I’m imagining this in itself means that if the table is big it might become inefficient.

That is if you were using:

context.GetTable<T>();

Can any one advise me here?

Answer 1

There is unlikely to be much difference UNLESS you encounter a situation where the TSQL produced by Linq to SQL is not optimal.

If you want absolute control over the TSQL use a stored procedure.

If speed is critical, benchmark both and also examine the TSQL produced by your Linq to SQL solution.

Also, you should be wary of pulling back entire tables (unless they are small, such as frequently accessed lookup data) across the wire in either solution.