Professional ADO.NET 3.5 with LINQ and the Entity Framework www.wrox.com $49.99 USA $59.99 CAN Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job. Recommended Computer Book Categories Programming Software Development ISBN: 978-0-470-18261-1 LINQ and the Entity Framework are revolutionizing .NET database programming. With this book as your guide, you’ll discover how to leverage these cutting-edge query and object/relational mapping technologies for enterprise-class computing. It provides you with hands-on coding techniques for data-intensive web and Windows projects. 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Let us know by e-mailing wrox-partnerwithus@wrox.com Professional ADO.NET 3.5 with LINQ and the Entity Framework Introduction xxvii Part I: Getting a Grip on ADO.NET 3.5 Chapter 1: Taking a New Approach to Data Access in ADO.NET 3.5 3 Part II: Introducing Language Integrated Query Chapter 2: Understanding LINQ Architecture and Implementation 63 Chapter 3: Executing LINQ Query Expressions with LINQ to Objects 91 Chapter 4: Working with Advanced Query Operators and Expressions 155 Part III: Applying Domain-Specific LINQ Implementations Chapter 5: Using LINQ to SQL and the LinqDataSource 195 Chapter 6: Querying DataTables with LINQ to DataSet 243 Chapter 7: Manipulating Documents with LINQ to XML 267 Chapter 8: Exploring Third-Party and Emerging LINQ Implementations 317 Part IV: Introducing the ADO.NET Entity Framework Chapter 9: Raising the Level of Data Abstraction with the Entity Data Model 357 Chapter 10: Defining Storage, Conceptual, and Mapping Layers 393 Chapter 11: Introducing Entity SQL 433 Part V: Implementing the ADO.NET Entity Framework Chapter 12: Taking Advantage of Object Services and LINQ to Entities 469 Chapter 13: Updating Entities and Complex Types 503 Chapter 14: Binding Entities to Data-Aware Controls 533 Chapter 15: Using the Entity Framework as a Data Source 567 Index 607 ffirs.indd iffirs.indd i 12/22/08 12:20:27 PM12/22/08 12:20:27 PM ffirs.indd iiffirs.indd ii 12/22/08 12:20:28 PM12/22/08 12:20:28 PM Download at WoweBook.com Professional ADO.NET 3.5 with LINQ and the Entity Framework ffirs.indd iiiffirs.indd iii 12/22/08 12:20:28 PM12/22/08 12:20:28 PM ffirs.indd ivffirs.indd iv 12/22/08 12:20:28 PM12/22/08 12:20:28 PM Professional ADO.NET 3.5 with LINQ and the Entity Framework Roger Jennings Wiley Publishing, Inc. ffirs.indd vffirs.indd v 12/22/08 12:20:28 PM12/22/08 12:20:28 PM Professional ADO.NET 3.5 with LINQ and the Entity Framework Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 10475 Crosspoint Boulevard Indianapolis, IN 46256 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada ISBN: 978-0-470-18261-1 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jennings, Roger. 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Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. ffirs.indd viffirs.indd vi 12/22/08 12:20:29 PM12/22/08 12:20:29 PM This book is dedicated to my wife, Alexandra. ffirs.indd viiffirs.indd vii 12/22/08 12:20:29 PM12/22/08 12:20:29 PM ffirs.indd viiiffirs.indd viii 12/22/08 12:20:29 PM12/22/08 12:20:29 PM [...]... and sample projects have C# and VB versions unless they’re written in T-SQL or JavaScript What This Book Covers Professional ADO.NET 3.5: LINQ and the Entity Framework concentrates on programming the System Linq and System .Linq. Expressions namespaces for LINQ to Objects, System.Data .Linq for LINQ to SQL, System.Data .Linq for LINQ to DataSet, System.Xml .Linq for LINQ to XML, and System.Data .Entity and. .. Raising the Level of Data Abstraction with the Entity Data Model Understanding the Entity- Relationship Model Entity- Relationship and EDM Terminology Entity- Relationship Diagrams Comprehending Entity Framework Architecture and Components Mapping from the Physical to the Conceptual Layer with the EDM Designer Creating the XML Mapping Files and Object Layer Class File with the EDM Wizard Adding, Updating, and. .. Applying Domain-Specific LINQ Implementations LINQ to SQL LINQ to DataSet LINQ to XML Chapter 5: Using LINQ to SQL and the LinqDataSource Object/Relational Mapping with LINQ to SQL Mapping Tables to Entity Sets with the LINQ to SQL O/R Designer Generating Partial Entity Classes and Mapping Fileswith SqlMetal.exe Working with *.dbml and *.xml Mapping Files Editing *.dbml Files in the Designer Editing *.xml... documents with LINQ to XSD The chapter concludes with a guided tour of the Entity Framework (EF) and Entity Data Model (EDM) Part II: Introducing Language Integrated Query The Chapters of Part II back up to explain the enhancements to NET 3.5 as well as the C# 3.0 and VB 9.0 languages that enable LINQ queries against in-memory objects LINQ to Objects serves as the foundation for all other concrete LINQ. .. Data Access in ADO.NET 3.5, ” uses simple C# and VB code examples to demonstrate LINQ to Objects queries against in-memory objects and databinding with LINQ- populated generic List collections, object/relational mapping (O/RM) with LINQ to SQL, joining DataTables with LINQ to DataSets, creating EntitySets with LINQ to Entities, querying and manipulating XML InfoSets with LINQ to XML, and performing... NwindServicesClient LINQ to XSD LINQ to XSD’s History LINQ to Stored XML Third-Party Domain-Specific LINQ Implementations LINQ to Active Directory LINQ to SharePoint Summary 312 314 316 317 318 318 319 321 322 325 328 329 336 340 341 341 342 342 344 349 Part IV: Introducing the ADO.NET Entity Framework A Brief History of Entity Framework s Development Entity Framework s Future The ADO.NET Entity Framework Vote of... conceiving the “Transparent Design” initiative for Astoria, which Program Manager Tim Mallalieu wisely adopted for EF v2 Finally, thanks to all the members of the LINQ, LINQ to SQL, and EF teams who patiently answered my and other users’ questions in the LINQ Project General, and ADO.NET Entity Framework and LINQ to Entities (Prerelease) forums Joe Wikert, Wiley Technical Publishing’s vice president and publisher,... Studio 2008 — LINQ to Objects, LINQ to SQL, LINQ to DataSets, and LINQ to XML — as well as the object/relational mapping (O/RM) features of VS 2008 SP1’s Entity Framework /Entity Data Model and LINQ to Entities and the increasing number of open-source LINQ implementations by third-party developers Basic familiarity with generics and other language features introduced by NET 2.0, the Visual Studio integrated... V: Implementing the ADO.NET Entity Framework Entity Framework vs LINQ to SQL Entity Framework Futures Chapter 12: Taking Advantage of Object Services and LINQ to Entities Exploring the Generated Entity Classes ModelNameEntities Partial Classes EntityName Partial Classes 466 467 469 470 471 472 xxiii ftoc.indd xxiii 12/22/08 12:20:55 PM Contents Entity Class Serialization Serialization with Deferred-Loaded... object persistence, the EDM is expected to be a future component of synchronization and reporting services ❑ Chapter 9, “Raising the Level of Data Abstraction with the Entity Data Model,” starts with a guided tour of the development of EDM and EF as an O/RM tool and heir apparent to ADO.NET DataSets, provides a brief description of the entity- relationship (E-R) data model and diagrams, and then delivers . www.wrox.com Professional ADO. NET 3. 5 with LINQ and the Entity Framework Roger Jennings Wrox Programmer to Programmer TM Wrox Programmer to Programmer TM Professional ADO. 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