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    Q3 Data Tools Webinar Wrap Up and Video

    I want to thank everyone that joined me on Monday for the What’s New in Q3 2011 for Data Tools webinar.  We had a lot of great questions, and saw many of the new awesome features available in Telerik Reporting and OpenAccess ORM for Q3.  In such a short time span it is not possible to cover everything; so make sure to stay tuned to my blog, or the team blog.  Over the next few weeks we will cover even more of the awesome Q3 features! For those of you that missed out on the fun, the webinar is now live on Telerik...
    December 02, 2011
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    Telerik OpenAccess ORM Q3 2011 – Connection Pooling in Oracle environments

    With the Q3 2011 release of Telerik OpenAccess ORM we introduced three connection pool types which are explained in this blog post. In this blog post we will have a look at the connection pooling behavior of the Oracle driver and what setting to be used when we want to use Telerik OpenAccess ORM with Oracle databases.   Which setting for Oracle and why? When we want to use Oracle as our backend, it is advisable to use the connection pool type Open Access Connection Pool with OpenAccess Connection Management or the Ado Connection Pool setting. When using one of the two settings, we...
    November 29, 2011
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    Telerik OpenAccess ORM – Stored Procedure Editor essentials

    Before Q3 2011 was live we have introduced you one of the major new functionalities you can find in the release – the new Stored Procedure Editor. It is the tool that allows us now to present our stored procedure support as feature complete. Along with the visual interface the Editor is offering, we have enhanced the functionality that was available in previous OpenAccess ORM versions generating automatically methods in the OpenAccessContext that are calling stored procedures. The old version of this code generation used to produce methods such as this one: // Old code generation public object[] GetCarsDetails(string carMake) {     SqlParameter parameterCarMake = new SqlParameter("CarMake",...
    November 25, 2011
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    Telerik OpenAccess ORM – Using the new OpenAccessLinqDataSource

    In a previous blog post we have shared with you the upcoming release of a new feature of OpenAccess ORM, helpful for those of you doing RAD development in web environment – the OpenAccessLinqDataSource component. As Q3 is already live, you can try it out! Just drag the component from your Visual Studio toolbox, where you can find it under the Telerik.OpenAccess.Web category: To get you started and allow you to learn how to use OpenAccessLinqDataSource in no time, we have prepared a video for you on Telerik TV. Enjoy watching it and don’t forget to rate it - we value your feedback highly! If you like learning OpenAccess...
    November 24, 2011
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    Dynamic Data Support for OpenAccess ORM in Q3 2011 Release

    In past releases, we included an example in our SDK that showed customers how to work with Dynamic Data projects when using OpenAccess ORM.  The process was not as straightforward as we would have liked, but it worked.  In this release we are excited to announce that we have greatly simplified this process by adding wizards, and a new provider, allowing OpenAccess ORM to work directly with .Net 4.0 Dynamic Data Web Applications, and Web Sites. Getting Started To use this new functionality, the first thing you need to do is build a Telerik OpenAccess ORM domain model. Once the domain...
    November 22, 2011