May, 2008

This morning we announced the availability of the Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework SP1 Beta releases, and now you're probably wondering... well what's changed? Here goes... Across the Entity Framework we have made numerous bug fixes (more than 200...

Here are a few quick announcements about ADO.NET providers supporting the Entity Framework. Enjoy! Core Lab (Connectivity to Multiple Data Stores) Core Lab was the first ADO.NET provider writer to support Beta 3 of the Entity Framework. Their...

Looking for a brief introduction to the Entity Framework? The Entity Data Source? Check out our latest How Do I? Videos to find out more. You can access the videos directly using the links below. How Do I Get Started with the Entity Framework...

There were a number of changes to the Entity Framework between Beta 3 and the Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta that will require updates to existing source code. These breaking changes can be found here including the mitigation for adjusting to the new behavior...

Monday we announced the availability of the Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework SP1 Beta releases, and now you're probably wondering... well what's changed in LINQ to SQL? Here goes... Across the LINQ to SQL we have made numerous bug fixes, better SQL...

We are very excited to announce that .NET 3.5 SP1 Beta 1 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta 1 are now available! This beta marks the entry of the ADO.NET Entity Framework and ADO.NET Data Services (aka project Astoria) as part of the overall .NET/Visual...

Looking for Entity Framework Samples that work with VS2008 SP1 Beta? You can check out our New and Updated Samples, Toolkits and Extensions on Code Gallery ! Also Keep your eyes peeled for new Samples as they come online. Interested in transparent Lazy...

If you upgrade the RTM version of Visual Studio 2008 with the SP1 service pack distribution, the EntityDataSource control does not appear in the Data group of the Web project Toolbox by default. To add the control to the Toolbox: Open Visual Studio Open...

Are you going to be at TechEd Developer in Orlando June 3rd - 6th? Stop by and say Hi to the ADO.NET Team at our booth in the Technical Learning Center (TLC). You can also check out our Breakout and ChalkTalk sessions below: 6/3 1:15pm-2:30pm T1C33...

This article talks about details of EF’s support for referential integrity constraints. It shows how to use the feature and describes many of the subtle details of the feature’s behavior. Mirek Szymanski Entity Framework Developer