In this post we will explore the most practical ways of performing left outer joins in LINQ to Entities. The same principles applying to LINQ to Entities for EF 4 also apply to LINQ2SQL. This was not the case before EF 4 mainly due to the absence of the DefaultIfEmpty() method in the Entity Framewor... [More]

How do they all connect? Well it boils down to the following questions:   If I am using Entity Framework in a Desktop application when should I open the Context and for how long should I keep it open? I have ComboBoxes that will be used to select values for the Reference Properties... [More]