As I am sure you have read by now, the Entity Framework is a huge leap forward in the next iteration of ADO.NET in Orcas.  Currently the implementation has a conceptual layer represented by a CSDL file. This CSDL file contains the XML that represents conceptual model (the objects). The conceptual la

Due to the lack of a designer and because I am very curious, I’ve been digging through the XML for the CSDL, MSL and a little bit into the SSDL schemas for the Entity Framework’s Entity Data Model. Even if you are waiting for the Designer to be released (date TBD) it cannot hurt to get familiar with

I have some articles to write on the Entity Framework and LINQ to ADO.NET, so I will be busy in the depths of EF for a while. I have been spending the past few days immersing myself in the Orcas March CTP. While there are features I am still longing for (such as the EDM Designer) this is the most EF

I agree that there is quite a bit of work to do yet with the Entity Framework. Earlier today Scott [https://www.johnpapa.net/blogs/scott.bellware/archive/2007/03/22/160578.aspx] posted his thoughts on the challenges that the Entity Framework faces. He makes some good points which really show how the

If you watch the ADO.NET team’s blog [http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/default.aspx] then you may have seen the post from today from Zlatko Michailov [http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/archive/2007/02/14/entity-client.aspx] (Program Manager, ADO.NET).  Here are the highlights from his post [http://blogs.msd