Entity Framework/Linq to SQL: Skip & Take

Question

Just curious as to how Skip & Take are supposed to work. I\'m getting the results I want to see on the client side, but when I hook up the AnjLab SQL Profiler and look a

Answer 1

I created simple extension:

public static IEnumerable SelectPage(this IEnumerable list, Func sortFunc, bool isDescending, int index, int length)
{
    List result = null;
    if (isDescending)
        result = list.OrderByDescending(sortFunc).Skip(index).Take(length).ToList();
    else
        result = list.OrderBy(sortFunc).Skip(index).Take(length).ToList();
    return result;
}

Simple use:

using (var context = new TransportContext())
{
    var drivers = (from x in context.Drivers where x.TransportId == trasnportId select x).SelectPage(x => x.Id, false, index, length).ToList();
}