Develop a sample application using LINQ programming and the ADO.NET Entity Framework with IBM DB2, IDS, and U2 servers
The IBM Data Server Provider for .NET enables application developers to take advantage of the Microsoft? Entity Framework and LINQ. You can easily develop data access .NET applications using one of the IBM data servers (DB2, Informix Dynamic Server, or U2), the Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework, and LINQ. This article shows you how to get started using the Entity Framework with one of the IBM data servers, walking you step-by-step through the process of creating your own application.
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Data Binding with Windows Forms
Data binding is a powerful capability that has finally matured in Windows Forms 2.0 through the capabilities in the .NET Framework classes, combined with the rich designer support provided by Visual Studio 2005. By using data binding properly, you can save yourself from writing a lot of unnecessary code, provide your users a rich interactive experience for working with data that functions well, and produce code that is easy to maintain. To get it correctly across a variety of use cases, you need to know more than how to set a few properties on controls. You need to understand what is going on under the hood, especially if you want to support complex scenarios that require going beyond the basic capabilities of the data binding components in the .NET Framework.
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