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Damovisa
Damovisa

Reputation: 19423

Is Entity Framework available for Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions?

I want to use Entity Framework for my data access on a project I'm writing in Visual C# 2008 Express Edition.

Can it be done? What do I need to know?

Update: My question has been answered, so thanks. As a followup, can you use a visual design tool or are you stuck with the EdmGen.exe command line tool?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2816

Answers (2)

ChrisF
ChrisF

Reputation: 137178

According to this link it comes as standard

Create data-enabled applications with the lightweight SQL Server Compact Edition or powerful client/serve applications with SQL Server 2008 Express

  • Build applications using LINQ (Language Integrated Query) which adds data querying capabilities for SQL Server, XML, and objects to Visual C#
  • Support for the Entity Framework and designer tool

Upvotes: 3

DavidGouge
DavidGouge

Reputation: 4623

I've been using EF in Visual Web Developer 2008 Express, so I'm guessing that yes, it will also be available in Visual C# Express.

Upvotes: 3

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