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Update Model – a Question of Identity – Part 2 of 3
22 July 08 09:23 AM | dpblogs | 7 Comments   

This article is Part 2 of 3 – please see http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/archive/2008/07/21/update-model-a-question-of-identity-part-1-of-3.aspx for Part 1. In the last article I explained the principle that the C-side updates would be non-destructive. The Read More...

Filed under: ADO.NET, Entity Framework, EDM

Update Model – a Question of Identity – Part 1 of 3
21 July 08 11:01 AM | dpblogs | 6 Comments   

I propose to explain the reason behind some of the oddities of the “Update Model from Database” functionality and hopefully answer some common questions that come up about it. Before I get started let me note that this will be a fairly technical post Read More...

Filed under: ADO.NET, Entity Framework, EDM

EDM Tools | Options (Part 3 of 4)
26 June 08 02:38 PM | dpblogs | 5 Comments   

Introduction In parts one and two of this four-part series, we discussed the file differences between EDMX & csdl, ssdl & msl files, and we looked at the model & code generation APIs available in the .Net Runtime. In Part three, we discuss Read More...

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EDM Tools | Options (Part 1 of 4)
20 June 08 02:27 PM | dpblogs | 6 Comments   

Introduction The Entity Data Model (EDM) Tools team has done a lot of work to enable a productive developer experience using the Microsoft Entity Framework. Model generation, model validation, and code generation are all plugged into the Visual Studio Read More...

Filed under: ADO.NET, Entity Framework, EDM

How to use a T4 template for View Generation
20 June 08 12:27 PM | dpblogs | 9 Comments   

Background To set the stage for this article, do take a look at Exploring the Performance of the ADO.NET Entity Framework - Part 1 to learn more about pre-generating views and how they can reduce the startup time for applications that consume ADO.NET Read More...

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