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August 2012 - OData

WCF Data Service 5.0.2 Released

August 29, 2012 Aug 29, 2012 08/29/12
DB Blogs
We’re happy to announce the release of WCF Data Services 5.0.2. What’s in this release This release contains a number of bug fixes: Getting the release The release is only available on NuGet. To install this prerelease NuGet package, you can use the Package Manager GUI or one of the ...

OData 101: Bin deploying WCF Data Services

August 29, 2012 Aug 29, 2012 08/29/12
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TL;DR: If you’re bin-deploying WCF Data Services you need to make sure that the .svc file contains the right version string (or no version string). The idea for this post originated from an email I received yesterday. The author of the email, George Tsiokos (@gtsiokos), complained of a bug where updating from WCF Data Services 5.0 to 5.0.1 ...

OData 101: Using the [NotMapped] attribute to exclude Enum properties

August 29, 2012 Aug 29, 2012 08/29/12
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TL;DR: OData does not currently support enum types, and WCF Data Services throws an unclear exception when using the EF provider with a model that has an enum property. Mark the property with a [NotMapped] attribute to get around this limitation. In today’s OData 101, we’ll take a look at a problem you might run into if you have an Entity...

WCF Data Services 5.0.2-rc Prerelease

August 15, 2012 Aug 15, 2012 08/15/12
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We’re happy to announce that we’re ready for another public RC that includes a whole bunch of bug fixes. What is in the prerelease This prerelease contains a number of bug fixes: Getting the prerelease The prerelease is only available on NuGet. To install this prerelease NuGet package, ...