This blog post is more of a bookmark for myself as I was about to download the ADO.NET Data Services Update for .NET 3.5 SP1 that was recently released and it looks like the download has been temporarily removed from the Microsoft Downloads page while they make a fix.
The ADO.NET Data Services Update has the following features that most people would be interested in:
- Row count
- Feed customization (aka "web-friendly feeds")
- Data binding for WPF and Silverlight 3
- Enhanced blob support
- Server-driven paging
- Projection Support (via the $select query option)
- A new "Data Service Provider" interface for custom providers
- Various bug fixes to V1.0 features
When the ADO.NET Data Services Update is re-released it will be located here for Window 7.
In the meantime, one can grab the latest CTP here.
A cool tool for ADO.NET Data Services: LinqPad - Query LINQ To ADO.NET Data Services
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