Top "Data-access-layer" questions

.NET Object persistence options

I have a question that I just don't feel like I've found a satisfactory answer for, either that or I've …

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What is the best practice for multiple "Include"-s in Entity Framework?

Let's say we have four entities in data model: Categories, Books, Authors and BookPages. Also assume Categories-Books, Books-Authors and Books-BookPages …

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Object persistence terminology: 'repository' vs. 'store' vs. 'context' vs. 'retriever' vs. (...)

I'm not sure how to name data store classes when designing a program's data access layer (DAL). (By data store …

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Using interfaces for writing DAO classes

I'm creating a new web application which will use a bunch of Data Access Object(DAO) classes for doing CRUD …

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What does Microsoft recommend for 2nd level Caching in Entity Framework?

I've used "EF Provider Wrappers" made by Jarek Kowalski. It works fine but I noticed "Limitations and Disclaimers" section where …

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Communication between BLL and DAL

Solution setup: DAL (class library) BLL (class library) Common (class library (some common functionality - enums, logging, exceptions,...)) Application1 (Windows …

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I'm having problems understanding IQueryable<T>

So I'm trying to understand IQueryable<T>. A tutorial I'm reading suggests using it but not really sure …

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