Microsoft ADO.NET entity framework step by step

✍ Scribed by John Mueller; Microsoft Corporation.; Microsoft Press

• Publisher: Published with the authorization of Microsoft Corporation by O'Reilly Media
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 448
• Series: Step by step (Redmond, Wash.)
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

''Expand your expertise--and teach yourself the fundamentals of the Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework 5. If you have previous programming experience but are new to the Entity Framework, this tutorial delivers the step-by-step guidance and coding exercises you need to master core topics and techniques. Discover how to: Access data in a managed way--using minimal code; Apply three workflows supported by the Entity Framework; Perform essential tasks with full automation in place; Manipulate data with both LINQ and Entity SQL; Create examples that rely on Table-Valued Functions; Determine the remedies for Entity-specific exceptions; Explore the use of optimistic and pessimistic concurrency; [and] Define mappings between your applications and data sources''--Page 4 of cover. Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: * Introduction * Introducing the Entity Framework * Chapter 1: Getting to know the Entity Framework * Chapter 2: Looking more closely at queries * Chapter 3: Choosing a workflow * Completing basic tasks * Chapter 4: Generating and using objects * Chapter 5: Performing essential tasks * Manipulating data using the Entity Framework * Chapter 6: Manipulating data using LINQ * Chapter 7: Manipulating data using Entity SQL * Chapter 8: Interaction with stored procedures * Chapter 9: Interaction with views * Chapter 10: Interaction with Table-Valued Functions * Overcoming entity errors * Chapter 11: Dealing with exceptions * Chapter 12: Overcoming concurrency issues * Chapter 13: Handling performance problems * Advanced management techniques * Chapter 14: Creating custom entities * Chapter 15: Mapping data types to properties * Chapter 16: Performing advanced management tasks * About the Author
Abstract:

Expand your expertise - and teach yourself the fundamentals of the Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework 5. If you have previous programming experience but are new to the Entity Framework, this tutorial delivers the step-by-step guidance and coding exercises you need to master core topics and techniques. Read more...