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I know I haven't been making posts with much in the way of original content for quite some time. My apologies. In the meantime, I just can't resist pointing out this post on the ado.net team blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/archive/2008/09/05/devart-s-new-providers-support-the-ado-net-entity-framework.aspx
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If you're not sick and tired of hearing my voice after all the other .Net Rocks/dnrTV things lately, you might want to check out the latest .Net Rocks podcast at http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=369 . It's hot off the presses. Usually .Net
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As always, the FAQ lives at http://blogs.msdn.com/dsimmons/pages/entity-framework-faq.aspx New in this version of the FAQ… · Upgraded to version 1.0 in honor of EF v1.0 shipping. · Re-organized into multiple sections to improve load/update times (re-numbered
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Part of the Entity Framework FAQ . 18. Multi-threading 18.1. What is the recommendation for running a multithreaded application on Entity Framework? Is Entity Framework thread-safe? Entity Framework, like most of the rest of the .Net framework, is by
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Part of the Entity Framework FAQ . 13. EDM 13.1. Does Entity Framework support Abstract types in EDM models? In Entity Framework it is possible to declare Abstract types in EDM model (csdl file) — i.e. no entity instances can be created for these types,
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Part of the Entity Framework FAQ . 9. Object Services 9.1. What is ObjectContext.Detach() method used for? ObjectContext.Detach() -- will detach an object from the ObjectStateManager associated with an object context so that it can be attached to some
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Part of the Entity Framework FAQ . 6. Query 6.1. How is Span used? What is Span? (aka. How does the EF support eager-loading?) The span feature makes it possible to pre-fetch related entities. Span can be defined as a builder method, "Include", which
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Part of the Entity Framework FAQ . 2. Architecture and Patterns 2.1. Does Entity Framework have support for entity objects being responsible to save changes themselves (rather than a central Save method on object context)? This is something we considered
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I suspect some of you are quite anxious for EF v1 to finally RTM. I wish I could announce that it is out now. Believe me, I really wish I could make that announcement. ;-) Sadly near the last minute there was a slight delay, and it just hasn't quite hit
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Check it out at http://www.dnrtv.com/default.aspx?showNum=118 . In this episdoe we build on the first EF dnrTV by looking at using the EF in a variety of scenarios including ASP.Net web pages with the Entity Data Source Control and with ASP.Net Dynamic
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I recently recorded a couple of dnrTV episodes which give some basic introduction to parts of the Entity Framework. It's my hope that these will help people quickly get some ideas about what the EF can do and how to get started using it. The first episode
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We had some family come in from out of state for a visit this week, so we decided to see how much of the sights in and around the Seattle area we could cram into a few days. My wife, her mom and her cousin together took over 1100 pictures in 3 days as
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Julie Lerman called me out to participate in this set of questions about how folks got started programming, and it is fun to hear about those kinds of things. So here are my answers and at the bottom a few more people I’ll add to the process. How old
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Just a quick note to make sure people are aware of a couple interesting events from the last day or two. First, one of my colleagues, Jarek, posted our Sample Oracle Provider for the EF . I should stress that this is a sample not an official supported
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Updated: 1.2 Where else should I go to learn more about the EF? New: 7.7 Why does deleting an entity from my context not delete all related entities when I have cascade delete defined in the model? New: 18.5 Why doesn’t relationship span happen with MergeOption.NoTracking?
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