Elmex
Reputation: 3361
Usage of WCF RIA Services without the Entity Framework
Can WCF RIA Services be used without the Entity Framework (for example, if the datasource is no classical database)
Upvotes: 0
Views: 1127
Answers (1)
Joshua
Reputation: 331
RIA services is not tied to Entity framework. RIA services uses the provider model to make it easy to plug in other datasources. Here is a link to an example xml provider: MSDN Custom MetaData Provider
Upvotes: 2
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