.NET Code Samples, Data Access, and Other Musings
I've received hundreds of questions regarding the Entity Framework and LINQ. Obviously developers are very interested in the Entity Framework and its data access and modeling implications.
I responded to some of the most frequently asked questions in the May 2008 Data Points column. Topic includes:
- Why use Entity SQL when I can use LINQ to get to entities?
- What is the role of ObjectContext?
- How do explicit and eager loading work LINQ and the Entity Framework?
- How do I see the SQL that will execute?
- What can I do with complex types?
- How do I create a complex type?
You can find my Data Points column in the May 2008 MSDN Magazine issue online.
Cross posted from johnpapa.net
About John Papa
John (C# MVP and MCSD.NET) has been working with Microsoft distributed architectures for over 10 years. He has enterprise experience architecting and developing with .NET technologies including ASP.NET as well as WebForms using both C# and VB.NET. He is a baseball fanatic who spends most of his summer nights rooting for the Yankees with his family and his faithful dog, Kadi. John has authored or co-authored several books on ADO, ADO.NET, XML, and SQL Server, is the author of the Data Points column in MSDN Magazine, has presented MSDN WebCasts and can often be found speaking at industry conferences such as VSLive and DevConnections.
