Entity .net

Zeeshan Hirani [e-mail] http://weblogs.asp.net/zeeshanhirani
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1.1 1.2 1.3

Introduction to Entity Framework ................................................................................ 4
Generating Entity Data Model from the designer ............................................................... 4 Loading csdl,msl,ssdl schema files ................................................................................... 21 Implementing IPOCO with Entity Framework ................................................................... 26

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2.1

Modeling Entities ....................................................................................................... 36
Self Referencing Table ..................................................................................................... 36
2.1.1 2.1.2 2.1.3 2.1.4 Self Referencing Table with Many to Many Association .................................................................36 Self Referencing entity with Table per Hierarchy ...........................................................................41 Using Common CTE with Self Referencing Entity............................................................................47 Many To Many association on Self referencing entity ....................................................................52 Many To Many Mapping Walkthrough ...........................................................................................56 Retrieving Link table for Many to Many Relation ...........................................................................61 Implementing Many to Many relationship as two 1 to Many relationship ....................................62 Modeling two 1 to many relationship as Many to Many relationship ............................................70 Mapping Many to Many table as 2 Many to