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LINQ - XElement and Entities
With LINQ we get a common data programming experience across multiple data sources. We can query...
Author: dpblogs Date: 03/06/2007
Object Services – Write less code
One of the main features of the Entity Framework revolves around Object Services. The main points of...
Author: Elisa Flasko - MSFT Date: 03/01/2007
RSS Feeds with ADO.NET Entity Framework and the ASP.NET RSS Toolkit
The ASP.NET team has released the RSS toolkit beta on sandbox.asp.net. This led me to want to tinker...
Author: Elisa Flasko - MSFT Date: 02/28/2007
Mapping 101: Part 1
Now that you’re getting accustomed to the Entity Framework and Entity Data Model (Entity Data...
Author: Elisa Flasko - MSFT Date: 02/26/2007
Entity Client
With the next release of the .NET Framework, ADO.NET will introduce a new member of the family of...
Author: dpblogs Date: 02/14/2007
Nulls - LINQ to DataSets Part 3
In previous posts I have spent time talking about LINQ to DataSet, and how it can help you write...
Author: dpblogs Date: 02/13/2007
Entity Data Model 101 - Part 2
Entity ContainersIn part one of this article we looked at declarations of entity and association...
Author: dpblogs Date: 02/12/2007
Type safety - LINQ to DataSets Part 2
Back in the first post of this LINQ to DataSet series, I spent some time talking about what LINQ to...
Author: dpblogs Date: 02/05/2007
Entity Data Model 101: Part 1
Most developers are familiar with the Object/Relational Mapping (ORM) problem: databases use the...
Author: dpblogs Date: 01/30/2007
Querying DataSets – Introduction to LINQ to DataSet
Greetings fellow data junkies! My name is Erick Thompson, a PM at Microsoft who is working on...
Author: dpblogs Date: 01/26/2007
Event: ADO.NET Provider Writer Tech Preview, February 6 - 8, 2007
What:The ADO.NET Provider Writer Tech Preview is an opportunity for ADO.NET provider writers to:-...
Author: dpblogs Date: 01/02/2007
ADO.NET Orcas and Samples
I hope you guys enjoyed the August CTP of ADO.NET vNext. As we make progress on the Orcas release of...
Author: dpblogs Date: 11/07/2006
LOB Performance in SqlDataReader.
I've been answering a few questions here and there about performance for pulling LOB data out of a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/30/2006
ADO.NET vNext: Entity Data Model (EDM) Designer Prototype
Folks,To aid brainstorming and to better understand typical developer scenarios, the ADO.NET team...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/27/2006
Entity Mapping in ADO.NET vNext
Hi folks,My name is Atul Adya and I am a software architect in the ADO.NET team. After working on...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/13/2006
Friday Goodness
A little bonus for folks to play with over the long US weekend: XML Notepad is out! Congrats to...
Author: SamDruk Date: 09/01/2006
ADO.NET vNext Provider Writer Event Summary
The ADO.NET team recently held an event for ADO.NET provider writers. Representatives from...
Author: dpblogs Date: 08/25/2006
Queries in ADO.NET vNext
Hi folks,There’s been a lot of interest in the ADO.NET CTP that we posted a few days back, and...
Author: dpblogs Date: 08/21/2006
Announcing: The ADO.NET vNext August CTP
A couple of months ago we committed to shipping a very early technology preview of the ADO.NET...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/15/2006
ADO.NET 2.0 on-demand webcasts
ADO.NET 2.0 related on-demand webcasts I've fished out of the Microsoft Events database for you....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/04/2006
ADO.NET Entity Framework on Channel 9
A few weeks ago we released a couple of whitepapers that discuss the future directions of the...
Author: dpblogs Date: 07/19/2006
Attention all ADO.NET provider writers!
Microsoft is hosting an event for ADO.NET provider writers from July 31 - August 2.We’re...
Author: dpblogs Date: 07/12/2006
ADO.NET and SQL Server Everywhere
(this post was originally posted here)Steve Lasker has posted a screencast / video over on Channel 9...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/11/2006
What I Wish Developers Knew About 'x' in / for SQL Server 2005 (webcasts)
(this post was originally posted here)Database Journal has a good list of some upcoming SQL Server...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/11/2006
ADO.NET vNext - feedback so far
(this post was originally posted here) Since announcing our ADO.NET vNext plans at TechEd last week,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/11/2006
ADO.NET vNext: The Entity Framework, LINQ and more
(this post was originally posted here)Once you are done with shipping large products such as SQL...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/11/2006