Tag: entity framework

Virtualization - the Wave of the Future (and Present)

There have been many relatively recent dramatic improvements in hardware. Factors such as processor speed/design and network capacity appear to be making shortages of hardware resources very pre-2011. Not to mention falling prices that appear to not have hit bottom just yet. But with improving...

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Paul Griffin January 26, 2011

Why Put Off Until Tomorrow What You Can Do Today: EF4 Challenges Accomplished with EF1

Microsoft’s recently released Entity Framework 4 (EF4) is generating deserved buzz among the .NET community. It seems that people can’t wait to make the jump directly to EF4, even if they haven’t even touched EF1. The perception is that EF1 was not up to snuff when it came to important...

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Jonathan Bruce August 12, 2010

EF 4.0 v NHibernate

Some recommended reading for those of you who are looking at what NHibernate 2.0 offers in comparison to Entity Framework 4.0. While it is a fairly subjective view point...

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Jonathan Bruce January 08, 2010

Effective EF for Oracle - Visual Studio 2010

Since the announcement of Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0 Beta 2 we have seen torrent of requests from people looking to use our Oracle EF provider with VS 2010. The good news is...

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Jonathan Bruce December 18, 2009

Effective Oracle and EF – SQL Server to Oracle Migrations (I)

Early on in our EF development cycles, I gave our .NET QA team an unusual challenge:- Spin up our test suites in readiness for our upcoming ADO.NET Entity Framework support for Oracle, except without an pre-QA ADO.NET EF provider ready for Oracle. Our excellent QA got to work and built our the...

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Jonathan Bruce September 28, 2009