Comments on: Simplifying Entity Framework: Data-Driven Design

By: jamal

jamal — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 04:25:45 +0000

Hi, I find T4 templating really poor.
I am trying to use a Class.cs inside the .tt file and it doesn’t find this Class

Also i tried to use a .dbml with a linq query inside the .tt file, and i was not able to do this :

DataClasses1DataContext da=new DataClasses1DataContext();

By: Oleg Sych

Oleg Sych — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:10:00 +0000

I’m sorry Tom. I’m sure CodePlex will gladly refund the money you paid for this template. :)

P.S. You can see an example of how t o specify model database via a connection string in the “Customizing location of the model database” section of the article.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:23:02 +0000

Why do we need to use an MDF, this seems incredibly short sited. What about simply specifying a connection or a pre existing EDMX?

Very dissapointed I cannot use this template.

By: R. Lawson

R. Lawson — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:27:05 +0000

I would suggest not using pluralization right now. Doing so makes any future code generation quite painful. I am feeling this pain now.

If you want to pluralize something, do it by convention. For example use “CompanyList” instead of “Companies”. The English language makes pluralization/singularization a bear.

I wish Microsoft made this easier for those who need to be able to determine singular and plural forms of a given type.

Maybe they do, and I just haven’t found it.

By: Oleg Sych

Oleg Sych — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:35:55 +0000

Tony,

I pulled documentation out of the T4 Toolbox build after discovering that Visual Studio 2010 uses a completely different help system. It was hard enough to build it for 2008 with Sandcastle, I simply didn’t have time to deal with two help systems.

Oleg

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:30:28 +0000

In the article you mentioned the “T4 Toolbox documentation”

Where can i get this so i can add it to my VS2008 documentation?

Thanks
Tony W

By: Oleg Sych

Oleg Sych — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:35:52 +0000

The project item template in T4 Toolbox assumes you have SQL Server 2005 or 2008 Express Edition installed. Standard, Enterprise or Developer editions of SQL Server don’t support the ability to attach databases in the connection string.

By: Kalor

Kalor — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 03:47:23 +0000

When I try to add an Entity Framework DB to my sln, it says “Connection to SQL Server files require SQL Server Express 2005″ and won’t let me proceed. But I have SQL Server 2008 Pro! Argh!

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By: Dhinesh Kumar

Dhinesh Kumar — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:38:34 +0000

Dear Oleg

I was able to resolve this issue. This is just a connection string issue which i was able to resolve now

regards
Dhinesh Kumar