Recently I was working with some hierarchical data stored in SQL Server. The data was related to products where each product is a package which includes other packages which in turn can include individual products. The data was stored in a table where a a product row had a parentId column which indicated the parent [...]
LINQPad is a must have tool for all .NET developers who write LINQ queries. It allows you to write and execute LINQ queries without compiling your code. In this post I will show you how to setup LINQPad to work along with Entity Framework.
The way LINQPad works with Entity Framework is that it [...]
In an earlier post we looked at how to generate an Entity Data Model using Visual Studio 2010. The data model we created was not generated from a database. This is a follow up post in which we will generate a database using the model we have already created.
First thing we will do [...]
Few days ago I finished reading Programming Entity Framework Second Edition by Julia Lerman. This is a review of the book.
Julia has written a book which targets a broad spectrum of EF expertise. If you are a beginner then this book is for you to learn Entity Framework. If you are an expert then [...]
This article shows you how to generate an Entity Data Model for Entity Framework 4 using Visual Studio 2010. Entity Data Model is widely known by its acronym EDM. A common misconception among developers is that a EDM is always backed up by a database. This is not accurate as we will see in this [...]
Tomorrow i.e. Wednesday 10th September, I will present Entity Framework at Wollongong .NET User Group (WDNUG). My presentation will focus on What, Why and How of Entity Framework. WDNUG meets at CSC Offices in Wollongong. You can find more details of the venue here.
I hope to see you there.
.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 ships with a tool called edmgen. This tool can be used to generate the EDM (Entity Data Model). Being a command line tool it can be executed from a batch file or a Powershell script.
Edmgen can be used to generate either a full model or selected artifacts such as CSDL, [...]
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