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11th June 2009
ASPAlliance Times
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Featured Article
 
LINQ to SQL and ADO.NET Data Services: Working Together
By Sergey Zwezdin , 10th June 2009
In this article, Sergey examines the relationship between LINQ, SQL and ADO.NET data services with the help of a sample project. He begins by demonstrating the procedures used to detect key fields in a data model and to update data including the steps required to implement the IUpdatable interface.
Editor's Comments
 
By Steven Smith
It has been a couple of years now since ASP.NET 3.5 arrived, so we of course know that ASP.NET 4.0 is right around the corner. If you’re interested in seeing some of the new things coming down the pipe, I recommend you take a look at the ASP.NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010 Web Development Beta 1 Overview. If you would prefer reading it in Microsoft Word, you may also download the whitepaper.
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Using the Silverlight Accordion Control
By Brian Mains , 9th June 2009
The Silverlight Toolkit contains the Accordion control, the control that functions similarly to its AJAX equivalent. We'll examine this control and explore is various features, looking at what Silverlight offers over its AJAX equivalent.
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