The process of de-identifying test databases can be approached in a variety of ways, and we’re often asked how our approach differs as compared to others. In this article, we’ll explore how our ...

In both deletes and updates there's an assumption that you have to retrieve the corresponding entity object from the database. With an update, you pull back the object so that you can set its ...

There are two important, yet different aspects of integrity with respect to databases: database structure integrity and semantic data integrity. Ensuring that each database object is created, ...

Introduce the concepts about relational models. Train students on how to convert a conceptual entity relationship model to a relational model. Introduce students with the reasons and process of ...

Occasionally one sees an entity-relationship diagram (ERD) having an unusual characteristic. The unusual element is an entity (or more than one) that seems to have a relationship with every other ...

Here's a tip about how to exploit Entity Framework's change tracking mechanism to -- possibly -- eliminate a trip to the database when you update an item. But, without some additional code, you ...