Your hands-on guide to Entity Framework fundamentals

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
•         Define mappings between your applications and data sources

Introduction

INTRODUCING THE ENTITY FRAMEWORK
Getting to know the Entity Framework
Looking more closely at queries
Choosing a workflow

COMPLETING BASIC TASKS
Generating and using objects
Performing essential tasks

MANIPULATING DATA USING THE ENTITY FRAMEWORK
Manipulating data using LINQ
Manipulating data using Entity SQL
Interaction with stored procedures
Interaction with views
Interaction with Table-Valued Functions

OVERCOMING ENTITY ERRORS
Dealing with exceptions
Overcoming concurrency issues
Handling performance problems

ADVANCED MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
Creating custom entities
Mapping data types to properties
Performing advanced management tasks

Index