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 ...

InfoQ: In terms of the underlying SQL, how do Bulk Operations differ from normal Entity Framework operations? Jonathan: Entity Framework performs a round trip to the database for every record it ...

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.

Latest .NET 10 preview also features improved SQL translation in Entity Framework Core and a WebSocketStream API that ...