We've updated the sample provider to work with Beta 2 of the ADO.NET Entity Framework. The sample provider is available here . The sample provider has undergone some minor changes in moving from Beta 1 to Beta 2. The DbProviderServices class has...

There's a new Bonus Track at at DevConnections this Fall! Come and check out sessions in the new Data Access Bonus track to learn more about the many new, and not so new, Microsoft products providing developers with a more positive and efficient experience...

You asked for it... now it's here! The Astoria team has just released a refresh of the Astoria Prototype CTP to work with Visual Studio Beta 2 and the Entity Framework Beta 2. The Astoria September 2007 CTP is now available for download. This CTP is a...

This example provides the basic elements of schema syntax required to map a stored procedure to an Entity Data Model implementation. Implementing stored procedures currently requires manual modifications to the *.edmx file. This example describes the...

We rely on your feedback to help define and improve the Entity Framework documentation. Please feel free to send feedback to the documentation team regarding any of the following issues: · When a topic is particularly effective or ineffective. · When...

There are two new data access technologies coming out of Microsoft in the coming year that have particular interest for DBAs: the Entity Framework and LINQ to SQL. Both of these technologies are going to radically change the access patterns that you see...

A few people have run into a Package Load Failure error after installing the Entity Framework Tools. As a workaround to this issue, please follow the below instructions: Issue Visual Studio displays a Package Load Failure error message for Package 'Microsoft...