ADO.NET Entity Data Model

Entity Data Model

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb399249.aspx

Microsoft “Entity Data Model Tools” site. Information includes a definition of the Entity Data Model (EDM), the ADO.NET Entity Data Model item template, the Entity Data Model wizard, an overview of the ADO.NET Entity Data Model Designer, entity mapping details, the entity model browser, ASP.NET support, using the model to store information, EDM validation errors, common tasks using the Entity Data Model tools, using the Entity Data Model wizard, the EDM generator (EdmGen.exe), and Entity Data Model wizard references.

Take a Leap Forward with ADO.NET vNext (Part 1)

http://www.devx.com/dotnet/Article/32964

Article: “Take a Leap Forward with ADO.NET vNext (Part 1),” by Thiru Thangarathinam. Discusses what ADO.NET vNext is, creating an Entity Data Model, generating or importing the model contents, programming the EDM (Entity Data Model), executing entity SQL through the mapping provider, and passing parameters in entity SQL,.

ADO.NET vNext Part 2: Querying with LINQ

http://www.devx.com/dotnet/Article/33328

Article: “ADO.NET vNext Part 2: Querying with LINQ,” by Thiru Thangarathinam. Discusses retrieving data as objects, the key capabilities of ObjectContext, passing parameters to entity SQL, updating data, inserting data, and a missing operation.

ADO.NET vNext Part 3: Querying with LINQ

http://www.devx.com/dotnet/Article/33489

Article: “ADO.NET vNext Part 3: Querying with LINQ,” by Thiru Thangarathinam. Discusses using LINQ vs. entity SQL, retrieving data using LINQ, passing parameters to a LINQ query, using anonymous types to retrieve data, using LINQ to XML to create hierarchical data, and the advantages of using LINQ to retrieve data.

ADO.NET Tech Preview: Entity Data Model

http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnvs05/html/adonet_edm.asp

Article: "ADO.NET Tech Preview: Entity Data Model," from Microsoft. Discusses what the entity data model is, basic concepts, types, instances, abstract syntax, the schema definition language (SDL), simple types, primitive types, EntityType, EntityKey, property, facets, Nullable, default, multiplicity, ComplesType, RowType, type equality, relationship type, characterization, direction, operational behavior, operations and actions, association, inheritance, schemas, taxonomy of EDM types, EDM instances, entity containers and EDM future directions.

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