Zlatko Michailov on Entity SQL

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Now that SQL Server 2008 is out the door, I’m full throttle on my new job. I’m totally excited about...

Date: 09/09/2008

I have to admit publically that I’ve decided to take on new challenges unrelated to EDM and Entity...

Date: 05/27/2008

The .NET Framework SP1 Beta-compatible version of eSqlBlast is available at...

Date: 05/12/2008

Following the spirit of Primer to ConnectionStringBuilder from ADO.NET 2.0, let’s see how the...

Date: 03/14/2008

If your app is small enough, i.e. you write your own database schema (for SQL Server) and you write...

Date: 03/14/2008

MSDN Code Gallery is now live! It’s a place to download compiled binaries rather than source code....

Date: 01/31/2008

I recently blogged about canonical functions in Entity Framework and SQL Server’s LEN() function....

Date: 12/20/2007

There is a peculiarity around the LEN() function in SQL Server that not many people have realized or...

Date: 12/14/2007

Often, people categorize Entity Framework as an Object/Relational Mapper and try to compare it to...

Date: 12/14/2007

2007.12.18: Today I posted an update to How to Parse an EntityDataReader - I discovered (and fixed)...

Date: 12/12/2007

Entity Framework Beta 3 and related packages are available for public download: · Entity Framework...

Date: 12/06/2007

Canonical functions were introduced in the Beta 2 release of Entity Framework. Their purpose is to...

Date: 12/05/2007

API = syntax + behavior

Date: 12/04/2007

Until Beta 2 ObjectQuery’s builder methods used to build a Command Tree. There were multiple...

Date: 12/04/2007

The way to get the native SQL generated for an ObjectQuery is exactly the same as for EntityCommand...

Date: 12/04/2007

With the Beta 3 release, Entity Framework is introducing an easy way to get the native SQL from an...

Date: 12/04/2007

This post was intended to be a reply to this question...

Date: 11/21/2007

Last Friday I blogged about making local variables behave consistently in LINQ to Entities queries....

Date: 11/19/2007

LINQ is very nice about referencing local variables without any additional declaration. When I ran...

Date: 11/16/2007

2007.12.18: Please accept my apologies – today I discovered (and fixed) two bugs in the parsing...

Date: 11/16/2007

A well defined query against a well defined entity data model does not need JOIN. Navigation...

Date: 11/01/2007

On Nov 27, 2007 I'll speak about Query Options for Entity Framework at DevTeach in Vancouver, BC....

Date: 10/24/2007

A query issued through Entity Framework undergoes three main transformations: 1. Compilation 2....

Date: 10/24/2007

Literals “abc” Value abc ‘abc’ Value abc 1 Value 1 {2} Value 2 {3, 4, 5} Value 3 4 5 Rows ROW(1 AS...

Date: 10/24/2007

ADO.NET’s Entity Client comes with a client-side query engine that provides a consistent...

Date: 10/24/2007