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    Copyright
    Foreword
    Preface
    Author Note for Third Printing, August 2011
    Ch. 1. Introducing the ADO.NET Entity Framework
    The Entity Relationship Model: Programming Against a Model, Not the Database
    The Entity Data Model: A Client-Side Data Model
    Entities: Blueprints for Business Classes
    The Backend Database: Your Choice
    Entity Framework Features: APIs and Tools
    The Entity Framework and WCF Services
    What About ADO.NET DataSets and LINQ to SQL?
    Entity Framework Pain Points Are Fading Away
    Programming the Entity Framework
    Ch. 2. Exploring the Entity Data Model
    Ch. 3. Querying Entity Data Models
    Ch. 4. Exploring LINQ to Entities in Greater Depth
    Ch. 5. Exploring Entity SQL in Greater Depth
    Ch. 6. Modifying Entities and Saving Changes
    Ch. 7. Using Stored Procedures with the EDM
    Ch. 8. Implementing a More Real-World Model
    Ch. 9. Data Binding with Windows Forms and WPF Applications
    Ch. 10. Working with Object Services
    Ch. 11. Customizing Entities
    Ch. 12. Data Binding with RAD ASP.NET Applications
    Ch. 13. Creating and Using POCO Entities
    Ch. 14. Customizing Entity Data Models Using the EDM Designer
    Ch. 15. Defining EDM Mappings That Are Not Supported by the Designer
    Ch. 16. Gaining Additional Stored Procedure and View Support in the Raw XML
    Ch. 17. Using EntityObjects in WCF Services
    Ch. 18. Using POCOs and Self-Tracking Entities in WCF Services
    Ch. 19. Working with Relationships and Associations
    Ch. 20. Real World Apps: Connections, Transactions, Performance, and More
    Ch. 21. Manipulating Entities with ObjectStateManager and MetadataWorkspace
    Ch. 22. Handling Exceptions
    Ch. 23. Planning for Concurrency Problems
    Ch. 24. Building Persistent Ignorant, Testable Applications
    Ch. 25. Domain-Centric Modeling
    Ch. 26. Using Entities in Layered Client-Side Applications
    Ch. 27. Building Layered Web Applications
    Appx. A. Entity Framework Assemblies and Namespaces
    Appx. B. Data-Binding with Complex Types
    Appx. C. Additional Details About Entity Data Model Metadata
    Colophon
    Index
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    Chapter 1. Introducing the ADO.NET Entit... > The Backend Database: Your Choice

    1.4. The Backend Database: Your Choice

    You may have noticed that I have not mentioned the actual data store that owns the data being queried. The model doesn’t have any knowledge of the data store—what type of database it is, much less what the schema is. And it doesn’t need to.

    The database you choose as your backend will have no impact on your model or your code.


      

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