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14. Asynchronous Data Operations and Multiple Database Contexts

Brian L. Gorman1 
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Jesup, IA, USA
 

In this chapter, we’ll cover two final critical concepts, as we discuss asynchronous operations and using multiple database contexts in our solutions.

At the end of this chapter, we’ll have seen how we can implement the database layer while leveraging the power of multiple cores in our computers. We’ll also have taken a look at how it is possible to use more than one database context in our solutions.

Asynchronous operations

The first concept we need to talk about is working with asynchronous operations. To this point, we’ve done everything with all ...

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