Supporting SQL Server 2008 Paging in Entity Framework Core
Entity Framework Core 3.1 generates SQL queries using OFFSET-FETCH clauses by default, which are incompatible with SQL Server 2008. Attempting to use these queries on older SQL Server versions results in syntax errors. While older versions of EF Core provided a UseRowNumberForPaging() method, its deprecated and non-functional in recent releases ...
Posted on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:55:08 +0000 by launchcode