I had the pleasure of sitting down with Chris Woodruff, a host of the Deep Fried Bytes podcast, at MIX 2010 to talk about OData and some of the announcements around OData at the conference. The podcast is available at: http://deepfriedbytes.com/podcast/episode-53-a-lap-around-odata-with-mike-flasko/ -Mike Flasko Lead Program Manag...
We are happy to announce that we have made the source code for the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and Silverlight 3.0 Open Data Protocol (OData) client libraries available for download on the Codeplex website. This release represents the OData team’s continued commitment to the OData protocol and the ecosystem that has been built around it. We have had req...
A couple of months ago, we released an update to .NET 3.5 SP1 and its counterpart ADO.NET Data Services for Silverlight 3 Update CTP3. I am now pleased to announce that we have shipped an updated Data Services client library with Silverlight 4. This release includes all the features that we shipped in the SL3 CTP3 Data Service release as well as su...
This blog post is an update to an introduction to the data binding capabilities we first added in Data Services v1.5 CTP1. We have taken the feedback received throughout the CTPs and made updates to the final design. Below is an update to the original binding post for CTP1 updated based on that feedback. Introduction to Data Binding A new collectio...
Problem Statement OData (the protocol used by WCF Data Services) enables you to address the relationships between Entries. This functionality is required to be able to create or change a relationship between two instances, such as an Order_Detail that is related to a given Order. Currently the OData protocol requires clients and servers to agree up...
A couple of days back at Mix we announced the CTP release of the OData Client Library for Windows Phone 7 series.Cool stuff undoubtedly. But how do you use it?Well Phani, a Data Services team member, shows you how on his blog.
In his MIX Keynote this week, Douglas Purdy demonstrated a new OData Service for SQL Azure. We are pleased to announce that a preview of this exciting technology, providing the quickest no-code solution for bringing your SQL Azure data into the growing OData ecosystem, is available to all SQL Azure users today.You can learn more about this exciting...
Last November at PDC 09 we announced the Open Data Protocol (OData), providing a way to unlock your data and free it from silos that exist in applications today. OData makes it easy for data to be shared in a manner that follows the philosophy of Open Data and enables the creation of REST-based data services. These services allow resources identifi...
Dino Esposito has written a nice article in the March 2010 MSDN magazine on how to use the OData Ajax library. You can check it out here. -Mike Flasko Data Services, Lead Program Manager
A few weeks back, we announced our Data Services update to .NET 3.5 SP1. That release introduced many new features. We are now releasing the Silverlight counterpart, ADO.NET Data Services for Silverlight 3 Update CTP3. This CTP updates our Silverlight client assembly to make use of the new features. This release is just a CTP because we will be shi...
