Entity Framework 1 gives you some support for issuing SQL statements and Entity Framework 4 gives you more. Two caveats before we begin: First, in this column I'm not going to make an effort to come ...

The basic distinction between these two O/RMs is that Entity Framework (EF) is targeted at enterprise scenarios, while LINQ to SQL is best suited for rapid application development (RAD) with SQL ...

Unlike Entity Framework, LINQ to SQL is best used as a simple query and update mechanism without any customization aside from basic table mappings. Database Vendors do not like it either for an ...

You can use the Object Services Layer to perform CRUD operations against the Entity Data Model. The Object Services layer also provides support for querying data using Entity SQL and LINQ.

One of the new features in Entity Framework Core 2 is the ability to automatically convert interpolated strings into parameterized SQL. Though designed to avoid problems with poorly written SQL ...

Handling concurrency conflicts in Entity Framework Let’s now understand how each of these strategies work in Entity Framework.