What’s New in SQL Server 2012 and the .NET Framework
The release of the .NET Framework versions 4.0 and 4.5 includes a number of exciting new SQL Server features, the most compelling of which are the latest updates to Language-Integrated Query (LINQ) and Entity Framework (EF).
LINQ to SQL (DLinq) is a powerful technology that enables developers to write code in C# or VB .NET, rather than T-SQL, to query SQL Server databases. It supports relationship traversal, data ordering and projection, and the full spectrum of WHERE clause options, combinable in a short syntax written using a set of standard query operators.
EF provides a conceptual layer above your data model that allows your C# or VB.NET code to interact with abstract entity classes rather ...
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