Murach's ADO.NET 3.5, LINQ,
and the Entity Framework with VB 2008

How to use Entity data source controls
with web applications

To make it easy to work with an Entity Data Model, ASP.NET 3.5 provides an Entity data source control. Assuming that you know how to create ASP.NET applications and work with data source controls, this chapter will teach you the basic skills you need to use Entity data source controls in your web applications.

Chapter 20 How to use Entity data source controls with web applications
An introduction to the Entity data source control 652
How the Entity data source control works 652
How to configure an Entity data source control 654
An Invoice Display application 656
The aspx file for the Invoice Display application 658
How to use the Expression Editor 660
How to filter the results of a query 660
How to sort the results of a query 662
How to select the data returned by a query 664
How to specify a custom command 666
A Vendor Invoices application 668
The aspx file for the Vendor Invoices application 668
How to update data 672
How to configure an Entity data source control for updates 672
How to provide for optimistic concurrency 674
A Terms Maintenance application 676
The aspx file for the Terms Maintenance application 676
The Visual Basic code for the Terms Maintenance application 680

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