January 2007 - Posts

Entity Data Model 101: Part 1
30 January 07 01:42 PM | dpblogs | 26 Comments   

Most developers are familiar with the Object/Relational Mapping (ORM) problem: databases use the abstraction of rows in tables, but application programs use the abstraction of classes and objects. Existing ORM frameworks tend to address this mismatch Read More...

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Querying DataSets – Introduction to LINQ to DataSet
26 January 07 08:45 AM | dpblogs | 18 Comments   

Greetings fellow data junkies! My name is Erick Thompson, a PM at Microsoft who is working on driving ADO.NET forward to utilize the latest and best technology that we have coming down the pipe. In that context, I am excited to tell you about LINQ to Read More...

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Event: ADO.NET Provider Writer Tech Preview, February 6 - 8, 2007
02 January 07 04:42 PM | dpblogs | 35 Comments   

What: The ADO.NET Provider Writer Tech Preview is an opportunity for ADO.NET provider writers to : - Gain an in-depth understanding of the features planned for the next major release of ADO.NET - Work with an early version of the upcoming community tech Read More...

Filed under: ADO.NET, ADO.NET vNext, ADO.NET Orcas