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LocalDB: The Database Without a Connection String

If you just want to get going with a code-first database, you don't even need to define a connection string -- just write your objects. After you install Entity Framework in your application, if you ...
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Working with the Entity Client Data Provider in Entity framework

Take advantage of the Entity Client Provider -- a client side query engine, to execute queries against a conceptual model of data Microsoft’s Entity framework is an open source ORM framework for ...
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Entity Framework 6 Alpha 3 with Code First Stored Procedures and Connection Resiliency

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Retrieve and Update Entity Framework with Dynamic Queries

You don't have to give up on creating dynamic queries just because you're using Entity Framework. Entity SQL and ObjectQuery will let you generate queries at runtime and still let you update your data ...
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Using Entity Framework to Successfully Target Multiple Databases

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How to handle concurrency conflicts in Entity Framework

Concurrency handling can be used to maintain data integrity and data consistency when multiple users access the same resource concurrently. Concurrency violations can occur when you have ...