Author: .NET Web Development and Tools Blog | Posted on: 7/5/2013 8:30:00 PM | Views : 1403

In this new release of Web API we are expanding our OData support to include support for $select and $expand , two of the most popular OData query operators. In this blog post we’ll cover the following topics: What are $select and $expand. How to use $select and $expand in an application. Configuration options and formatter support for $select and $expand. What are $select and $expand The $select operator allows a client to pick a subset of the properties of an entity to be retrieved when querying a feed or a single entity. The $expand operator allows a client to retrieve related entities for a given navigation property in line with the entities being retrieved. By using $select and $expand, we can make sure that we get the data we need...(read more) ...

Go to the complete details ...