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Entity Framework and Open Source
It’s been a busy year on the Entity Framework team. A little over a year ago our team released...
Author: dpblogs Date: 07/19/2012
Using SqlDataReader’s new async methods in .Net 4.5, Part 2: Examples
In the previous post about the new column-level asynchronous methods added to SqlDataReader (and...
Author: dpblogs Date: 07/15/2012
EF5 Release Candidate Available on NuGet
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Author: dpblogs Date: 05/15/2012
EF5 Sample Provider Published
We have published a new version of the sample provider that supports features introduced in the...
Author: dpblogs Date: 05/08/2012
Using SqlDataReader’s new async methods in .Net 4.5
With .Net 4.5, ADO.NET introduced two asynchronous methods to the SqlDataReader class: ReadAsync and...
Author: dpblogs Date: 04/20/2012
EF Power Tools Beta 2 Available
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Author: dpblogs Date: 04/09/2012
EF5 Performance Considerations
Over the past few weeks the EF team has been putting together a whitepaper that talks about the...
Author: dpblogs Date: 04/05/2012
EF5 Beta 2 Available on NuGet
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Author: dpblogs Date: 03/22/2012
Safer passwords with SqlCredential
IntroductionMany users of SqlClient with SQL Server Authentication have expressed interest in...
Author: dpblogs Date: 03/09/2012
EF4.3.1 and EF5 Beta 1 Available on NuGet
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Author: dpblogs Date: 02/29/2012
Sneak Preview: Entity Framework 5.0 Performance Improvements
An O/RM, like any layer of abstraction, introduces overhead to data access. In EF 5.0 we have taken...
Author: dpblogs Date: 02/14/2012
EF 4.3 Released
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Author: dpblogs Date: 02/09/2012
EF 4.3 Code-Based Migrations Walkthrough
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Author: dpblogs Date: 02/09/2012
EF 4.3 Automatic Migrations Walkthrough
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Author: dpblogs Date: 02/09/2012
EF 4.3 Beta 1 Released
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Author: dpblogs Date: 01/12/2012
EF 4.3 Beta 1: Code-Based Migrations Walkthrough
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Author: dpblogs Date: 01/12/2012
EF 4.3 Beta 1: Automatic Migrations Walkthrough
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Author: dpblogs Date: 01/12/2012
EF 4.3 Configuration File Settings
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Author: dpblogs Date: 01/12/2012
SQL Azure Federations and the Entity Framework
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Author: dpblogs Date: 01/10/2012
Code First Migrations: Beta 1 Released
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Author: dpblogs Date: 11/29/2011
Code First Migrations: Beta 1 ‘No-Magic’ Walkthrough
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Author: dpblogs Date: 11/29/2011
Code First Migrations: Beta 1 ‘With-Magic’ Walkthrough (Automatic Migrations)
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Author: dpblogs Date: 11/29/2011
Minimizing Connection Pool errors in SQL Azure
One of the most common errors observed when connecting to SQL Azure is – A transport-level...
Author: dpblogs Date: 11/05/2011
EF 4.2 Released
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Author: dpblogs Date: 11/01/2011
How We Talk about EF and its Future Versions
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Author: dpblogs Date: 10/18/2011
Announcing Microsoft SQL Server ODBC Driver for Linux
GreetingsDeveloper community: Weheard yesterday and today at the PASS conference about the exciting...
Author: dpblogs Date: 10/13/2011
EF 4.2 Release Candidate Available
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Author: dpblogs Date: 09/28/2011
EF 4.2 Code First Walkthrough
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Author: dpblogs Date: 09/28/2011
EF 4.2 Model & Database First Walkthrough
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Author: dpblogs Date: 09/28/2011
Code First Migrations: Alpha 3 Released
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Author: dpblogs Date: 09/21/2011
Microsoft SQL Server OLEDB Provider Deprecation Announcement
The commercial release of Microsoft SQL Server, codename “Denali,” will be the last...
Author: dpblogs Date: 09/13/2011
EF Code First Fluent API with VB.NET
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Author: dpblogs Date: 09/13/2011
Annual SQL Connectivity Customer Survey [Date extended]
Greetings to the Developer community: Thank you very much for an overwhelming response on our...
Author: dpblogs Date: 09/07/2011
Code First Migrations: Alpha 2 Released
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Author: dpblogs Date: 09/06/2011
Code First Migrations: Alpha 2 Walkthrough
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Author: dpblogs Date: 09/06/2011
EF 4.2 Beta 1 Available
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Author: dpblogs Date: 08/22/2011
Annual SQL Connectivity Survey
Greetings to the Developer community: Microsoft SQL Server team has been interacting on a regular...
Author: dpblogs Date: 08/15/2011
Next EF Release Plans
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Author: dpblogs Date: 08/11/2011
EF Releases & Versioning - Call for Feedback
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Author: dpblogs Date: 08/09/2011
Code First Migrations: Your Feedback
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Author: dpblogs Date: 08/04/2011
Code First Migrations: Walkthrough of August 2011 CTP
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Author: dpblogs Date: 07/27/2011
Code First Migrations: August 2011 CTP Released
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Author: dpblogs Date: 07/27/2011
Generated SQL Improvements for TPT Queries (June CTP)
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Author: dpblogs Date: 07/25/2011
EF 4.1 Update 1 Released
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Author: dpblogs Date: 07/25/2011
EF 4.1 Language Packs
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Author: dpblogs Date: 07/11/2011
Announcing the Microsoft Entity Framework June 2011 CTP
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Author: dpblogs Date: 06/30/2011
Walkthrough: Enums (June CTP)
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Author: dpblogs Date: 06/30/2011
Walkthrough: Spatial (June CTP)
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Author: dpblogs Date: 06/30/2011