Thinktecture.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL
10.2.0
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dotnet add package Thinktecture.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL --version 10.2.0
NuGet\Install-Package Thinktecture.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL -Version 10.2.0
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="Thinktecture.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL" Version="10.2.0" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
<PackageVersion Include="Thinktecture.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL" Version="10.2.0" />
<PackageReference Include="Thinktecture.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL" />
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 Thinktecture.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL --version 10.2.0
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#r "nuget: Thinktecture.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL, 10.2.0"
#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 Thinktecture.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL@10.2.0
#: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=Thinktecture.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL&version=10.2.0
#tool nuget:?package=Thinktecture.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL&version=10.2.0
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Thinktecture.EntityFrameworkCore
[DEPRECATED]
[DEPRECATED]
These libraries extend Entity Framework Core by a few features to make it easier to work with EF and for easier integration testing or to get more performance in some special cases.
Supported Providers
| Provider | Package |
|---|---|
| SQL Server | Thinktecture.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer |
| PostgreSQL (Npgsql) | Thinktecture.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL |
| SQLite | Thinktecture.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite |
Performance
- Temp-Tables (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite)
- Bulk-Insert (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite)
- Bulk-Update (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite)
- Bulk-Upsert (Insert-or-Update) (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite)
- Truncate Tables (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite)
Features
- Collection Parameters (temp-tables light) (SQL Server, PostgreSQL)
- Window Functions Support (RowNumber, Sum, Average, Min, Max) (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite*)
- Nested (virtual) Transactions
- Table Hints (SQL Server)
- Queries across multiple databases (SQL Server)
- Changing default schema at runtime
- If-Exists / If-Not-Exists checks in migrations (SQL Server, PostgreSQL)
* SQLite supports RowNumber only; Sum, Average, Min, Max are available on SQL Server and PostgreSQL.
Convenience
- Migrations: include-columns (SQL Server, PostgreSQL)
- Migrations: identity column (SQL Server, PostgreSQL)
- Migrations: (non-)clustered PK (SQL Server)
Integration Testing
- Isolation of tests [DEPRECATED]
Extensibility
AI Coding Assistants
An AI agent skill ships with the repository (under skills/thinktecture-entityframeworkcore) to teach AI coding agents how to consume these packages. Install it with the skills CLI:
npx skills@latest add PawelGerr/Thinktecture.EntityFrameworkCore
The library is also indexed by Context7 (MCP) under the id /pawelgerr/thinktecture.entityframeworkcore. See AI Coding Assistants for details.
| Product | Versions Compatible and additional computed target framework versions. |
|---|---|
| .NET | net10.0 is compatible. 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. |
Compatible target framework(s)
Included target framework(s) (in package)
Learn more about Target Frameworks and .NET Standard.
-
net10.0
- Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL (>= 10.0.0)
- Thinktecture.EntityFrameworkCore.BulkOperations (>= 10.2.0)
NuGet packages
This package is not used by any NuGet packages.
GitHub repositories
This package is not used by any popular GitHub repositories.
| Version | Downloads | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 10.3.0-beta01 | 0 | 6/18/2026 |
| 10.2.0 | 0 | 6/18/2026 |
| 10.2.0-beta02 | 139 | 6/5/2026 |
| 10.2.0-beta01 | 96 | 6/1/2026 |
| 10.1.0 | 380 | 5/16/2026 |
| 10.1.0-beta03 | 290 | 3/3/2026 |
| 10.1.0-beta02 | 121 | 2/20/2026 |
| 10.1.0-beta01 | 124 | 2/16/2026 |