Is it safe to install VS2008 SP1 - Beta?

[Crash]

Hi all,

I would like to explore Entity a bit but I noticed that SP1 for VS2008
is "Beta". Will I have trouble when the real SP1 is ready or is it Ok
to install the beta...

Also I hear that there is a major controversy over Linq to entity VS.
Linq to SQL -- which is the best path?

[Joern Schou-Rode]

Re: Is it safe to install VS2008 SP1 - Beta?

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:12:57 +0200, Crash <sourcenexus@sa n.rr.comwrote:

Also I hear that there is a major controversy over Linq to entity VS.
Linq to SQL -- which is the best path?

IMHO it really depends on the problem you need to solve. LINQ to SQL is a
great tool for rapid development of database driving applications
(including those for the web). Entity Framework is a much more complex -
and equally more powerfull - tool.

David Hayden made a nice write up on the subject a year ago, but I believe
that his points on "when to use Entity Framework" still holds:

http://www.davidhayden.com/blog/dave/archive/2007/04/29/ADONETEntityFrameworkWhenToUseItVsLinqToSQL.aspx

Another similar comparison can be found at Avi Wortzel's blog:

http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/aviwortzel/archive/2008/01/04/entity-framework-vs-linq-to-sql.aspx

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Joern Schou-Rode

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