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Code Only – Further Enhancements
12 October 09 06:31 PM | efdesign | 22 Comments   

We’ve come a long way since the last post on Code-Only . So it’s high time for another update. We’ve been working really hard on Code-Only revving the design, and spotting missing capabilities and responding to feedback both internal and external etc. Read More...

Filed under: Entity Framework, Providers, Mapping, CodeOnly, Entity Framework Futures, What's New

LINQ to SQL to Entity Framework conversion template
13 August 09 10:10 PM | efdesign | 5 Comments   

Many customers have asked us how to port a LINQ to SQL application to the Entity Framework. In order to make this process easier, we have developed a metadata conversion template. This template converts LINQ to SQL metadata (.dbml) to metadata compatible Read More...

Filed under: Entity Framework, Linq to Sql, Templates, Migration, Entity Framework Futures

Attachment(s): FullInstaller.zip

Code Only Enhancements
03 August 09 11:11 PM | efdesign | 30 Comments   

We've been working hard on Code Only since the first preview . In the next release you will be able to specify: Navigation Property Inverses. Property Facets, like Nullability , MaxLength , Precision etc. Property to Column mappings Type to Table(s) mappings Read More...

Filed under: Entity Framework, CodeOnly, Entity Framework Futures

Code Only
10 June 09 09:04 PM | efdesign | 27 Comments   

There are currently two ways to get Entity Framework apps up and running, we call these Database First and Model First respectively. Database First has been with us since .NET 3.5 SP1, and involves reverse engineering an Entity Data Model from an existing Read More...

Filed under: Entity Framework, Mapping, ObjectServices, CodeOnly, Entity Framework Futures