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- Testers give Microsoft's Entity Framework a no-confidence vote
- A number of testers who've been dabbing with the first version of Microsoft's ADO.Net Entity Framework are unhappy with the direction Microsoft has taken with the technology -- so much so that they've created a "no confidence vote" petition to make their gripes public. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft ADO.NET, Microsoft Corp., Tester, ADO.Net Entity Framework, Business Object, Persistence Ignorance, .Net, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- MSDN Webcast: ADO.NET Data Services Overview (Part 2 of 2) (Level 100)
- This webcast illustrates some of the advanced aspects of ADO.NET Data Services. It explains how to expose own custom data sources with ADO.NET Data Services. The webcast covers consuming ADO.NET Data Services from various client applications, including Asynchronous JavaScript and XML AJAX client applications and Microsoft Silverlight 2. It also...
- Tags: Data Service, Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft ADO.NET, .Net, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts 2008-06-24
- MSDN Webcast: ADO.NET Data Services Overview (Part 1 of 2) (Level 100)
- This webcast illustrates how to take advantage of ADO.NET Data Services (formerly code-named Astoria) to easily and securely expose data as services over HTTP. It gives an overview of REST, the architectural style underlying ADO.NET Data Services. Then it gives a high-level demonstration of how to expose an Entity Framework...
- Tags: Data Service, Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft ADO.NET, .Net, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts 2008-06-17
- TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Streamlining Data Integration (Level 200)
- To load data into the Contoso enterprise data warehouse, Contoso uses Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services. This webcast reviews the new features in Integration Services that help Contoso streamline the development and execution of processes to extract, transform, and load data into the data warehouse: ADO.NET connectivity, persistent lookups,...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Webcast, Microsoft ADO.NET, Microsoft SQL Server, Data, Data Integration, Microsoft TechNet, Databases, .Net, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Webcasts 2008-05-28
- Microsoft issues first SP1 betas for VS 2008, .Net Framework 3.5
- Microsoft is making available to testers a first beta release of Service Pack SP 1 for Visual Studio 2008 and the accompanying .Net Framework 3.5. On May 12, Microsoft made available to any/all interested parties the first beta bits for both VS 2008 SP1 and .Net Framework...
- Tags: Microsoft ADO.NET, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Astoria, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- MSDN Webcast: ADO Synchronization Services (Level 100)
- Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.NET makes building applications for occasionally connected environments a logical extension of building applications where developer can count on a consistent network. Rather than simply replicating a database and its schema, the Synchronization Services Application Programming Interface API provides a set of components to synchronize data...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft ADO.NET, Microsoft Corp., .Net, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts 2008-03-27
- MSDN Webcast: Programming LINQ and the ADO.NET Entity Framework (Level 200)
- Language Integrated Query LINQ introduces an exciting new way for applications to build strongly typed queries that are deeply integrated into the programming language. The ADO.NET Entity Framework allows applications and services to work in terms of an application-oriented Entity Data Model, decoupling the application's data model from the storage...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Application, Webcast, Microsoft ADO.NET, LINQ, Programming, ADO.NET Entity Framework, .Net, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts 2008-01-30
- New 'Astoria' test build released; final set for mid-2008
- Microsoft made available for download on December 9 a Community Technology Preview CTP of "Astoria," the technology now officially known as ADO.Net Data Services. Pablo Castro, Technical Lead on ADO.Net, has taken to describing Astoria as "a REST interface for data." Astoria is designed to enable applications...
- Tags: Data Service, Web, Team, Microsoft ADO.NET, Microsoft Corp., Programming, Astoria, Team Management, .Net, Development Tools, Databases, Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-12-10
- Visual Basic .NET Code Sample: Data Access - Data Entry Form (exe)
- Visual Basic .NET Code Sample: Data Access - Data Entry Form sample demonstrates how to create a data entry form to add, update and delete records from a single table. ADO.NET is used to insert, update and delete records from the Products table in the Northwind database. A ListItem class...
- Tags: Microsoft ADO.NET, Microsoft Visual Basic, Data Entry, Data Access, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, ListItem Class, Microsoft Development Tools, Programming Languages, .Net, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2007-08-28
- Microsoft ADO.NET (Core Reference): Sample Code (exe)
- These are the sample code files (VB .NET and VC# .NET files) in the self extracting EXE file format for Microsoft ADO.NET Core Reference (ISBN: 0-7356-1423-7) by David Sceppa. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Microsoft ADO.NET, Microsoft Corp., .Net, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2007-08-24
- Code Sample for ADO.NET Article: Weaning Developers from the CommandBuilder (msi)
- Code Sample for ADO.NET Article: Weaning Developers from the CommandBuilder sample supplements the MSDN article on the ADO.NET Command Builder and how to create your own Insert, Update, and Delete queries. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Developer, Microsoft ADO.NET, .Net, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2007-08-23
- ADO.NET EDM Wizard supplement for Visual Studio Code name "Orcas" Beta1 (exe)
- This supplement fixes a bug with the ADO.NET EDM Wizard in Visual Studio Code name "Orcas" Beta1 where empty CSDL, MSL and SSDL files are generated after the wizard completes. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft ADO.NET, Supplement, .Net, Microsoft Development Tools, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Development Tools, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2007-08-22
- ADO.NET Samples for Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" - October CTP (zip)
- This CTP contains Samples for ADO.NET features in the Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" - October CTP. Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" - October CTP is a prerequisite for these samples. The link to download that CTP is included in the related resources below. This version is the first release...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft ADO.NET, Microsoft Development Tools, .Net, Databases, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2007-08-22
- ADO.NET vNext Entity Data Model Designer Prototype, CTP (msi)
- The ADO.NET vNext Entity Data Model Designer Prototype CTP enables developers to design their data access stack using a designer in Visual Studio. This is an unsupported tool that showcases upcoming ideas for ADO.NET vNext tooling and Visual Studio integration. It also illustrates how ADO.NET vNext developers might use Visual...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft ADO.NET, ADO.NET vNext Entity Data Model Designer Prototype CTP, .Net, Microsoft Development Tools, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Development Tools, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2007-08-22
- A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Jasper
- I'm resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsoft's myriad code names. Some of these code names might be familiar to Microsoft watchers; others hopefully will be brand-new.Microsoft code...
- Tags: Microsoft ADO.NET, Codename, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-08-07
- Making sense of Microsoft's myriad database projects
- Microsoft has a lot of database pilots and projects in the works, among them Katmai, Astoria, Jasper and Volta. But how do they all fit together? Francois Ajenstat, director of SQL Server, explained to me this week how Microsofts growing number of data-programmability pieces will come together...
- Tags: Code names, Corporate strategy, Database, SQL Server, Web 2.0
- Blog posts 2007-05-10
- Jasper: Dynamic languages meet dynamic database development
- Its code name central at Mix 07 in Las Vegas this week. On May 2 at Microsofts Web 2.0 conference, officials are set to put "Jasper," a k a "Dynamic ADO.Net," through its paces. In a session entitled "Rapidly Building Data Driven Web Pages with Dynamic ADO.Net," Microsoft officials...
- Tags: Visual Studio Orcas, SQL Server, MIX07, Development tools, Database, Code names
- Blog posts 2007-05-01
- Explore disconnected data access classes in ADO.NET 2.0
- The ADO.NET class hierarchy can be split into two categories, connected and disconnected objects. Developers need to know these classes well in order to implement a successful ADO.NET solution. In this sample chapter from Programming Microsoft ADO.NET 2.0 Applications: Advanced Topics, study disconnected data access classes, which...
- Tags: Microsoft ADO.NET, Microsoft Press, Data Access, .Net, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Book chapters 2007-02-27
- AutoCount 2006 (exe)
- AutoCount 2006 is a comprehensive accounting and inventory system that provides solutions for small and medium businesses. AutoCount 2006 core engine enables faster data processing and produces reports quicker. AutoCount 2006 is designed in the highly acclaimed Microsoft .NET environment using ADO.NET to access the data that is stored in...
- Tags: Microsoft ADO.NET, AutoCount 2006, .Net, Databases, Smb/Sme, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2007-01-16
- ADO.NET vNext Part 3: Querying With LINQ
- The previous paper in this series introduced the core concepts of Object Services Layer, including the steps to perform CRUD (Create, Read, Update and Delete) operations against the Entity Data Model EDM. With that foundation, this paper focuses on using LINQ to query the EDM. Specifically, the paper focuses on...
- Tags: Microsoft ADO.NET, LINQ
- White papers 2007-01-10
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