Enterprise Library and Entity Framework

Question

User1256470495 posted

Hi, 

I am new to Enterprise Library and Entity Framework. As part of learning, I would like to populate a gridview with data from Users table in Pubs database. The Enterprise Library version is 5.0. I am using VS2008.Can anyone please tell the steps required to populate the gridview with data.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

User-758443495 posted

You dont need the EnterpriseLibrary(DataAccessBlock) to fetch or set data to sql when you use EntityFramework

just use objectcontext to fill entity or save them

see http://www.mikeborozdin.com/post/Creating-Entity-Framework-Driven-ASPNET-Application.aspx 

Answer 2

User1256470495 posted

 Hi,

Thanks for the reply. Since I am a beginner, I found it little confusing. Can you please tell me in detail the steps required to populate a gridview using Entity Framework.

Thanks.

Answer 3

User712082397 posted

Entity Framework and Enterprise Library are two different things. And both of them can act as a database accessor. So you choose either one (but not both).

You can read following articles to understand how you would use EF and ASP.NET controls:

http://justgeeks.blogspot.com/2009/06/using-gridview-entity-framework-linq.html 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb738469.aspx