title: Pulling a table from a SQL Server database into a List<> in C# using Entity Framework
body: <p>I'm a programmer who just began working in a Windows environment and i'm new to web development and have poor previous database experience. Currently at my internship I was asked to pull the information from a large SQL Server database and store it into a list and make a website to display the information. Being new to most of these concepts, I've been reading up on MVC, Linq, and EF since that is what they primarily use. </p>
  
  <p>I am trying to figure out how to pull the table into a list, but so far the internet hasn't been much help. Most solutions are for a database you create in the project or they use the CodeFirst method. The solution i'm working on in Visual Studio (2012) is MASSIVE and the database is already included in the project. </p>
  
  <p>From what I gathered, I should make a class for the table and make an object for each column and then store that class in a List&lt;>. The part of querying the database and storing all the elements is what eludes me. I've been reading for a few days, but keep having trouble grasping exactly how to do it. Should I be using interfaces? (Also, I searched to the source code and they don't really use DbConnect or anything... half the reason i'm confused.)</p>
  
  <p>Sorry that I have to real code to show, but I would appreciate any insight! I can clarify anything you'd like. Thanks!</p>