Directory
1 Concept 1
2 ado.net Entity Framework 2
2.1 Architecture 2
2.2 Description 2
2.3 EntityConnection 4
2.4 EntityCommand 5
2.5 data access through the EntityDataReader method 6
2.6 Data access via ObjectContext return objectquery<t> mode 9
Concept
LINQ to Entities |
A LINQ technology that enables developers to create flexible, strongly typed queries against the Entity Data Model (EDM) object context using LINQ expressions and LINQ standard query operators. |
Esql |
Entity SQL A storage-independent language similar to SQL. The language directly operates the conceptual entity architecture and supports the Entity Data model features, such as inheritance and relationships. |
Ef |
Entity Framework Ado.net Entity Framework A set of technologies that support the development of data-oriented software applications that allow developers to use a conceptual model that maps to a logical architecture in a data source. |
EDM |
Entity Data Model (Entity) A data model that defines the application data as the entity and set of relationships that the common language runtime types and storage structures can map to. |
Entity |
Entity Ado.net Entity a concept in the Framework application domain where data types are defined in the domain |
csdl |
Conceptual schema Definition Language conceptual schema definitions language An xml-based language that can be used to define entity types, associations, entity containers, entity sets, and correlation sets for conceptual models |
ssdl |
Storage schema Definition Language store schema definition language An xml-based language that defines the entity types, associations, entity containers, entity sets, and correlation sets for the storage model, often corresponding to the database schema. |
Os. |
Mapping specification Language Mapping specification language An xml-based language that can be used to map items defined in the conceptual model to items in the storage model |