Professional ADO.NET 3.5 with LINQ and the Entity Framework -- About the Author -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Who This Book Is For -- What This Book Covers -- How This Book Is Structured -- Conventions -- Source Code -- Errata -- p2p.wrox.com -- Part I : Getting a Grip on ADO.NET 3.5 -- Chapter 1: Taking a New Approach to Data Access in ADO.NET 3.5 -- Language Integrated Query (LINQ) -- The ADO.NET Entity Framework and Entity Data Model -- Summary -- Part II: Introducing Language Integrated Query -- Functional Languages, Haskell, and C# -- A Brief History of LINQ -- Chapter 2: Understanding LINQ Architecture and Implementation -- Namespaces That Support LINQ in .NET Fx 3.5 -- C# and VB Extensions to Support LINQ -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Executing LINQ Query Expressions with LINQ to Objects -- Standard Query Operators by Group -- SQOs as Keywords in C# 3.0 and VB 9.0 -- The LINQ Project Sample Query Explorers -- Sample Classes for LINQ to Objects Code Examples -- Restriction Operator: Where -- Projection Operators -- Partitioning Operators -- Join Operators -- Concatenation Operator: Concat -- Ordering Operators -- Grouping Operator: GroupBy -- Set Operators -- Conversion operators -- Equality Operator: SequenceEqual -- Element operators -- Generation Operators -- Quantifier Operators -- Aggregate Operators -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Working with Advanced Query Operators and Expressions -- Exploring Basic Query Syntax for Aggregate Operators -- Using Group By with Aggregate Queries -- Taking Full Advantage of the Contains() SQO -- Compiling Query Expression Trees to Improve Performance -- Mocking Collections for Testing LINQ to SQL and LINQ to Entities Projects -- Summary -- Part III: Applying Domain-Specific LINQ Implementations -- LINQ to SQL -- LINQ to DataSet -- LINQ to XML.

Chapter 5: Using LINQ to SQL and the LinqDataSource -- Object/Relational Mapping with LINQ to SQL -- Using LINQ to SQL as a Data Access Layer -- ASP.NET Databinding with the LinqDataSource Control -- Databinding Windows Form Controls to Entities -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Querying DataTables with LINQ to DataSet -- Comparing DataSets and DataContexts -- Exploring LINQ to DataSet Features -- Running Read-Only LINQ to DataSet Queries -- Creating LinqDataViews for DataBinding with AsDataView() -- Copying LINQ Query Results to DataTables -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Manipulating Documents with LINQ to XML -- Integrating XML into the CLR -- The System.Xml.Linq Namespace -- Querying Basic XML Infosets -- Composing XML Infosets -- Grouping Elements and Aggregating Numeric Values of Business Documents -- Working with XML Namespaces and Local Names -- Performing Heterogeneous Joins and Lookup Operations -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Exploring Third-Party and Emerging LINQ Implementations -- Emerging Microsoft LINQ Implementations -- Third-Party Domain-Specific LINQ Implementations -- Summary -- Part IV: Introducing the ADO.NET Entity Framework -- A Brief History of Entity Framework's Development -- Entity Framework's Future -- The ADO.NET Entity Framework Vote of No Confidence -- Chapter 9: Raising the Level of Data Abstraction with the Entity Data Model -- Understanding the Entity-Relationship Model -- Comprehending Entity Framework Architecture and Components -- Working with the Entity Client, Entity SQL and Client Views -- Taking Advantage of Object Services -- Understanding the Persistence Ignorance Controversy -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Defining Storage, Conceptual, and Mapping Layers -- Exploring and Customizing the EDMX File -- Implementing Table-per-Hierarchy Inheritance -- Traversing the MetadataWorkspace -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Introducing Entity SQL.

Using the eSqlBlast Entity SQL Query Utility -- Understanding How Entity SQL Differs from Transact-SQL -- Executing eSQL Queries against the EntityClient -- Using SQL Server Compact as an Entity Framework Data Store -- Summary -- Part V: Implementing the ADO.NET Entity Framework -- Entity Framework vs. LINQ to SQL -- Entity Framework Futures -- Chapter 12: Taking Advantage of Object Services and LINQ to Entities -- Exploring the Generated Entity Classes -- Executing eSQL ObjectQueries -- Enabling Deferred or Eager Loading of Associated Entities -- Ordering and Filtering Associated EntityCollections during Loading -- Composing Query Builder Methods to Write ObjectQueries -- Writing LINQ to Entities Queries -- Parameterizing Object Queries -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Updating Entities and Complex Types -- Understanding the ObjectContext's ObjectStateManager and Its Children -- Updating or Deleting Entities -- Adding Entities -- Refreshing Stale Entities -- Validating Data Additions and Updates -- Optimizing the ObjectContext Lifetime -- Comparing the Performance of LINQ to Entities and Out-of-Band SQL Updates -- Managing Optimistic Concurrency Conflicts -- Performing CRUD Operations with Stored Procedures -- Working with Complex Types -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Binding Entities to Data-Aware Controls -- Binding Windows Form Controls to Entities with Object Data Sources -- Using the EntityDataSource with ASP.NET Server Controls -- Summary -- Chapter 15: Using the Entity Framework as a Data Source -- Creating an ADO.NET Data Services Data Source -- Consuming ADO.NET Data Services with the .NET 3.5 Client Library -- Consuming ADO.NET Data Services with the AJAX Client Library -- Summary -- Index.