Boost Your EF Core Query Performance by 4X with Just One Line of Code Change!

Background We have a .NET 6 application with a search functionality that uses LINQ queries with .Include() that needs to join more than 30 tables to fetch data. The feature worked perfectly at the beginning, even after importing legacy data into the new system. But gradually, the feature has begun to slow down considerably because of the huge growth in data volume. Cartesian Explosion

Mar 7, 2025 - 15:09
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Boost Your EF Core Query Performance by 4X with Just One Line of Code Change!

Background

We have a .NET 6 application with a search functionality that uses LINQ queries with .Include() that needs to join more than 30 tables to fetch data. The feature worked perfectly at the beginning, even after importing legacy data into the new system. But gradually, the feature has begun to slow down considerably because of the huge growth in data volume.

Cartesian Explosion