Is this possible? Basically I would like to use SQL Data Services REST interface and let the ADO.NET Data Service Client library handle communication details and generate the entities that I can use. I looked at the samples in February release of Azure services kit but the samples in there are using HttpWebRequest and HttpWebResponse to ...
I know I could use WebClient or WebRequest, but somehow this feels like using WebClient or WebRequest to do a postback or a crosspage postback. What do I need to do to get a WebForm to "post" to a ADO.NET service, which is expecting a different verb and has a different URL? I googled this but couldn't find anything to enlighten me. ...
There a lot of different ways a Silverlight application can connect back to it’ server. Including WCF - Windows Communication Foundation REST (see also) ADO.NET Data Services (or is this just REST?) POX - Plain Old XML (E.g basic xml) RIA services For each of these please say what it’s for and when you would or wouldn’t use it. I...
I really like the idea of "WCF Data Services" but how does it work in a real life scenario? WCF Data Services provide just a nice way for the client to CRUD the data. However it's very limited in what you can pass and get back. So one ends up having all the business logic written on a client side. It's probably ok for small applications ...
I am building a school management app where they track student tardiness and absences. I've got three entities to help me in this. A Students entity (first name, last name, ID, etc.); a SystemAbsenceTypes entity with SystemAbsenceTypeID values for Late, Absent-with-Reason, Absent-without-Reason; and a cross-reference table called Stude...