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title: "OrderBy then Select vs Select then OrderBy performance?"  
description: "OrderBy then Select vs Select then OrderBy performance?"  
author: "Sandra Emily"  
published: 2023-12-14  
updated: 2023-12-14  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/160534/orderby-then-select-vs-select-then-orderby-performance  
category: "linq"  
tags: ["c#", "asp.net", "linq", "linq to sql"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# OrderBy then Select vs Select then OrderBy performance?

What is [OrderBy](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1423/when-would-you-use-order-by-in-delete-statement) then [Select](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/157821/write-a-jquery-code-that-selects-all-the-checkboxes-in-a-form-when-a-select-all-button-is-clicked) and Select then OrderBy performance in [LINQ](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12007/language-integrated-query-linq-queries)? Also, differentiate between them.


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Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/160534/orderby-then-select-vs-select-then-orderby-performance

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