From 093c663b31c8b01d730f09154506c7a2ee34cd9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Matsubara <kevin.matsubara@proton.me>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 22:24:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add example scalar query.

---
 EntityFrameworkCore.Console/Program.cs | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/EntityFrameworkCore.Console/Program.cs b/EntityFrameworkCore.Console/Program.cs
index 15fd78f..e9552a6 100644
--- a/EntityFrameworkCore.Console/Program.cs
+++ b/EntityFrameworkCore.Console/Program.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,17 @@ context.Database.EnsureCreated();
 // Rather than raise: "System.InvalidOperationException: Sequence contains no elements."
 // var firstCoach = await context.Coaches.FirstOrDefaultAsync();
 
-await RawSQLStatement();
+
+
+async Task QueryScalarType()
+{
+  // Query a scalar or non-entity type.
+  // Scalar subqueries or scalar queries are queries that return exactly one column and one or zero records.
+  // Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20424966/what-is-a-scalar-query
+  var leagueIds = context.Database.SqlQuery<int>(
+    $"SELECT Id FROM Leagues"
+  ).ToList();
+}
 
 async Task RawSQLStatement()
 {