Retrieving a Set of Database Records

The MobileServiceTable object supports the following methods for performing database queries that retrieve a set of records:

Image includeTotalCount()—Includes the total count of matching records in the results

Image orderBy(col1, col2, ...)—Returns the matching records sorted in ascending order

Image orderByDescending(col1, col2, ...)—Returns the matching records sorted in descending order

read(query)—Executes the database query ...

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