LINQ To SQL: Count operator

EmpDetails Table:

Code:

To count the number of elements in the sequence.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
namespace LINQ
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
DataClassesDataContext dc = new DataClassesDataContext();
int empCount = (from emp in dc.EmpDetails
select emp).Count();
Console.WriteLine(empCount);
Console.Read();
}
}
}

Alternate Method:

DataClassesDataContext dc = new DataClassesDataContext();
int empCount = dc.EmpDetails.Count();
Console.WriteLine(empCount);