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The .NET 4 version of the Entity Framework (EF) brought several major improvements over the first version of the ORM; these features have since been extended further through the soon to be released add on EF Features CTP 5. Note for the rest of this post, when I refer to EF, I mean EF4 with the CTP 5 installed too. The new features in EF provide ...

Introduction The data access wars are over; long live the ORM wars. The new battles are fought with even more fanatical zealous behaviour than in previous conflicts. Rather than just debating the pros and cons of how best to execute SQL and wire it into our objects, there is now a whole new dimension to developer’s polarized opinions; what is the ...

I have been working on a project which made use of the spatial data type geography within SQL Server 2008. An issue that I had was how to load the geography data from a KML file into SQL Server 2008. Currently there is no out of the box tools to do this. There is a 3rd party tool, Safe FME, which offer either their own tool or components which ...

It's been a long time since I last wrote a blog post; around six months to be exact. It's not that I have not been busy writing though. In April I began embarking on one of the hardest things I've ever done; writing a book with my co-author John Shaw. And now for a brief advertisement; the book is called ''Pro ADO.NET Data Services : Working ...

Introduction If there’s one thing I like in life it’s a subject that brings out passionate love or hatred. Some examples include Marmite, The Smiths, and the work of Woody Allen. All of these examples I happen to love, but the best part about them all is that you never hear anyone say, “Yeah, The Smiths were ok”. Who wants ...