It was a good session. I totally buy MS's Data Vision. The most interesting stuff for me is the Entity Framework. At last there will be a conceptual data model that all MS products will share (Reporting, Replication, Analysis Services, ADO.NET). This is a big and important improvement in the way we used...

OK, it actually happened. We'll have two mapping technologies in .NET v.next. LinQ for SQL, previously known as DLinQ is the 'simple' mapping technology. LinQ for Entities, will be on top of the new ADO.NET Entity Framework, and will be the 'complex' (we could say 'real') mapping technology. Now, does...

LinQ is very cool and we all agree with that. DLinQ seems oriented towards being a simple way to access data that covers most of the simple cases. I think it will add a lot of value to the .NET platform. Now, if you are looking for a 'real' O/R mapping it seems that you'll need to look somewhere else...

David Simmons explained how the 'disconnected mode' works today in Entity Framework (and as far as I know, that's the way it will work in the Orcas release). Basically, there is no disconnected mode. You can create a context and attach objects that you kept somewhere, telling the context...

David Simmons explained how the 'disconnected mode' works today in Entity Framework (and as far as I know, that's the way it will work in the Orcas release). Basically, there is no disconnected mode. You can create a context and attach objects that you kept somewhere, telling the context...

It was a good session. I totally buy MS's Data Vision. The most interesting stuff for me is the Entity Framework. At last there will be a conceptual data model that all MS products will share (Reporting, Replication, Analysis Services, ADO.NET). This is a big and important improvement in the way we used...

OK, it actually happened. We'll have two mapping technologies in .NET v.next. LinQ for SQL, previously known as DLinQ is the 'simple' mapping technology. LinQ for Entities, will be on top of the new ADO.NET Entity Framework, and will be the 'complex' (we could say 'real') mapping technology. Now, does...

LinQ is very cool and we all agree with that. DLinQ seems oriented towards being a simple way to access data that covers most of the simple cases. I think it will add a lot of value to the .NET platform. Now, if you are looking for a 'real' O/R mapping it seems that you'll need to look somewhere else...

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