July 2006 - Posts

ADO.NET Entity Framework on Channel 9
19 July 06 09:36 PM | dpblogs | 35 Comments   

A few weeks ago we released a couple of whitepapers that discuss the future directions of the Microsoft Data Platform and in particular the specifics around the next version of ADO.NET and the ADO.NET Entity Framework. Recently the Channel 9 folks came Read More...

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Attention all ADO.NET provider writers!
12 July 06 05:20 PM | dpblogs | 2 Comments   

Microsoft is hosting an event for ADO.NET provider writers from July 31 - August 2. We’re looking for provider writers who want to get a head start on their vNext providers to come out to Redmond, WA. Bring your laptops. We’ll supply the caffeine! For Read More...

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ADO.NET and SQL Server Everywhere
11 July 06 10:37 AM | alexbarn | 1 Comments   

(this post was originally posted here ) Steve Lasker has posted a screencast / video over on Channel 9 providing an overview on the various ADO.NET programming options available for SQL Server Everywhere, including an updateable resultset (SqlCeResultSet). Read More...

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What I Wish Developers Knew About 'x' in / for SQL Server 2005 (webcasts)
11 July 06 10:34 AM | alexbarn | 3 Comments   

(this post was originally posted here ) Database Journal has a good list of some upcoming SQL Server related live webcasts scheduled for July (on MSDN and TechNet): Some that should be of interest for developers using ADO.NET: What I Wish Developers Knew Read More...

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ADO.NET vNext - feedback so far
11 July 06 10:31 AM | alexbarn | 38 Comments   

(this post was originally posted here ) Since announcing our ADO.NET vNext plans at TechEd last week, the team has been on the lookout for your feedback on where we heading with the next release. This post is a round up of some of the comments / feedback Read More...

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ADO.NET vNext: The Entity Framework, LINQ and more
11 July 06 09:57 AM | alexbarn | 82 Comments   

(this post was originally posted here ) Once you are done with shipping large products such as SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005 you’d expect to have a quiet time for a while, slow down a bit, that kind of stuff… Turns out that it wasn’t the case Read More...

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