ADO.NET ENTITY FRAMEWORKMike TaultyDeveloper & Platform GroupMicrosoft UKMike.Taulty@microsoft.com http://www.miketaulty.com

Entity Framework Key FactsExtension to the ADO.NET Provider ModelPluggable to support any databaseFunctionalityAbstracts a model from your store schemaOffers Object Relational Mapping/LINQ and ADO.NET APIsStatusComing in Visual Studio 2008 Sp1, Summer 2008Currently in VS 2008 Sp1 Beta 13 previous independent betas

ADO.NET Entity Framework

ADO.NET Entity Framework

LINQ to SQL? LINQ to Entities?

LINQ to SQLLINQ to EntitiesDatabase SupportSQL ServerManyObject Relational Mapping CapabilitiesSimpleComplexRequires Attributed .NET CodeNoYesStatusReleasedBeta

DEMOProgramming Entity Framework with LINQ

Key Classes

LINQ to Entities Lots of Topics

ADO.NET Entity Framework

DEMOManipulating our Conceptual Model

ADO.NET Entity Framework

DEMOProgramming with Entity SQL and ADO.NET

EF Providers in Progress

VendorDB SupportMicrosoftSQL ServerCore LabOracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLiteIBMDB2, Informix Dynamic ServerMySQL ABMySQLNpgsqlPostgreSQLOpenLinkMany via OpenLink ODBC or JDBCPhoenixSQLiteDataDirectOracle, Sybase, SQL Server, DB2FirebirdFirebird

ResourcesNew Data Developer Sitehttp://www.datadeveloper.net ADO.NET Team Bloghttp://blogs.msdn.com/adonet My website http://www.miketaulty.com ( search Entity )

ADO.NET ENTITY FRAMEWORKMike TaultyDeveloper & Platform GroupMicrosoft UKMike.Taulty@microsoft.com http://www.miketaulty.com

ADO.NET Today

ADO.NET Entity Framework

ADO.NET Entity Framework

ADO.NET Entity Framework

Programming with Entity SQLThe EntityClient provides the usualConnection, Command, DataReaderThere is no EntityDataAdapter V1.0 the model is read-onlyEntity SQL has some additional constructs to expose the underlying conceptual model

DEMOProgramming with Entity SQL

Mapping Examples ( 1 Splitting )MappingType=GType=B

Mapping Examples ( 2 TPH )StoreEntitiesMappingPremiumCustomerOverdraftAccountManager* Framework also supports TPT

Mapping Examples ( 3 View + SPs )StoreEntitiesMappingClientView1select c.id, c.namefrom customers cwhere c.country = UKp_DeleteUkCustomerp_UpdateUkCustomerp_InsertUkCustomer

DEMOQuerying Different Models with Entity SQL

Programming with LINQ to EntitiesNew Data Access ORM API implemented in assemblySystem.Data.Entity.dllMany NamespacesSystem.Data.EntitySystem.Data.Objects...Object Relational Mapping API can be used with or without LINQ

DEMOProgramming with LINQ to Entities

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