ASP.NET Dynamic Data Unleashed

Chapter 2. Entity Framework

In This Chapter

• Understanding Entity Model

• LINQ to Entities

• Entity Lifecycle

• Entity Model in Depth

• Stored Procedures

Although it is possible to build ASP.NET Dynamic Data applications with plain ADO.NET data access components, some of its features, such as foreign key templates and filtering, require a modern, LINQ-enabled data access framework such as LINQ to SQL or Entity Framework.

LINQ to SQL was introduced in Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 as a database-specific implementation of LINQ—Language Integrated Query functionality in C# and Visual Basic. LINQ allows developers to use SQL-like queries directly in the application code as opposed to calling stored procedures or passing SQL statements ...