Saving and retrieving data is a fundamental part of all but the simplest of applications. In this article, Nick walks through getting started using Entity Framework with SQLite to persist application ...

Progress Software Corporation has announced the release of DataDirect Connect for ADO.NET 3.5, extending support for Microsoft Entity Framework 4.0 to its Sybase, Oracle, and DB2 providers. With this ...

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When we build database-backed enterprise applications, we generally want to isolate our entity models, the DbContext, and the logic for database initialization and migration to maintain a clean ...

I have an Entity Framework application that, due to pending changes in the IT policies at the customer's site, we will no longer be able to delete or create databases, but we will be able to drop and ...

Building a web application using non blocking calls to the data layer is a great way to increase the scalability of your system. Performing a task asynchronously frees up the worker thread to accept ...

In all but the simplest of applications, it's necessary to be able to save and retrieve data. This might be just settings or it might be data that users have entered. The Universal Windows Platform ...