Data Points: Deny Table Access to the Entity Framework Without Causing a Mutiny

Building a data access layer using LINQ to SQL and the ADO.NET Entity Framework allows you to decouple your application from the persistence technology you're using.

Anthony Sneed

MSDN Magazine December 2008

Here we build a solution that fits the Entity Framework into an n-tier architecture that uses WCF and WPF and the MVP pattern.

John Papa

MSDN Magazine July 2008

The Entity Framework is a hot topic, but how do you know when to use EntityClient, Object Services, Entity SQL, or LINQ? Find out here.

John Papa

MSDN Magazine May 2008

The new Entity Framework in ADO.NET will let you manipulate data using an object model. John Papa explains.

John Papa

MSDN Magazine July 2007

With the code first feature in Entity Framework, there is no visual data model and no XML describing that model. You simply create the classes for your application domain and go. We'll show you this and several other nifty new features in the latest EF CTP.

Julie Lerman

MSDN Magazine October 2010

Your app may function as expected when you switch to using a cloud database, but profiling and tuning queries to account for the varying effects of network latency can help you boost overall performance.

Julie Lerman

MSDN Magazine November 2010

The Entity Framework now includes more ways than ever to create a conceptual model, starting first with just your code, a model created with the visual designer, or a legacy database. We help you choose which one's right for you.

Julie Lerman

MSDN Magazine May 2011

The entlib 5 sugest me to use with data accessors for mapping data from database to my data objects (ORM).

But in .NET 3.5 and especially in .NET 4, I can use in entity framework as ORM methodology for data objects.

What data accessors uses advantages over the entity framework?

What differences that should be affect on my using decisions?

Let go of your traditional relational database thinking if you want to understand how Windows Azure Table storage works, says Julie Lerman. Luckily for you, she's done the hard work to grasp the new concepts and help you get up to speed.

Julie Lerman

MSDN Magazine July 2010

Elisa Flasko takes you through a sample weblog application to demonstrate how new improvements in Entity Framework and WCF Data Services work together to simplify the way data is modeled, consumed and produced in Visual Studio 2010.

Elisa Flasko

MSDN Magazine April 2010

In this article, the author delves into some commonly used ways of writing data access code and looks at the effect they can have on performance.

Bob Beauchemin

MSDN Magazine August 2009

Here the author answers questions regarding the Entity Framework and provides an understanding of how and why it was developed.

Elisa Flasko

MSDN Magazine July 2008

With the Entity Framework, developers are given more flexibility by being able to design around a conceptual model rather than a relational data model. To get started, you need to know how to design an Entity Data Model. John Papa walks you through that process.

John Papa

MSDN Magazine February 2008

In T-SQL, views and derived tables serve similar purposes and have their advantages. But when working with SQL Server 2005,there's a third option--using Common Table Expressions (CTEs). John Papa explains.

John Papa

MSDN Magazine October 2007

E nterprise applications can have a wide variety of data update requirements. Sometimes you need to save multiple rows of changes at once within a single transaction. Other times, the user must be allowed to enter multiple rows of data, send them to the database in a batch; and if a row or two fails, only the rows that succeeded should be committed and remain committed.

John Papa

MSDN Magazine October 2005

Last month I explored the foundation of the Enterprise Library Data Access Application Block (DAAB) including how it all fits into an architecture (see Data Points: The Enterprise Library Data Access Application Block, Part 1).

John Papa

MSDN Magazine August 2005