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Fernando Correia
Fernando Correia

Reputation: 22365

Is there an Entity Framework data provider for the Azure Blob Service?

I'm considering using WCF Data Services to implement a service exposing objects stored in the Azure Blob Service. I wonder if I could use a data model based on the Entity Framework. As I understand, I would need a data provider compatible with the Entity Framework that could store and retrieve data from the Blob service. Is there such a data provider?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1390

Answers (1)

Fernando Correia
Fernando Correia

Reputation: 22365

There isn't a data provider for Azure Storage that is compatible with Entity Framework. Creating such a data provider is probably not worthwhile because it's a very complex project and because Entity Framework is not a good match for Azure Storage's conceptual model. Entity Framework is designed for relational databases and Azure Storage is REST-based non-relational storage.

As for creating a WCF Data Services layer over Azure Storage, it could be built using WCF Data Services Toolkit.

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Upvotes: 1

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