Tutorial: Data From a SQL DB via WCF (using LINQ)

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Jesse Liberty

My 4th tutorial Displaying SQL Database Data in a DataGrid using LINQ and WCF is now available, as is the source code and a version of the tutorial in PDF

For the moment, I recommend the PDF version as the images are clearer. We're fixing up the HTML versions of all the tutorials even as I write this.

LinqSQL

This tutorial walks through

  • Creating a LINQ query against your SQL Server database
  • Creating a WCF service to provide access to the results of your LINQ query
  • Binding Silverlight 2 controls against the WCF service

We will, over time have a way to provide direct feedback for each tutorial, but for now, please do send email or use the forums to ask questions about anything you read in the tutorials.

Thanks again,

 

-jese

About Jesse Liberty

Jesse Liberty has three decades of experience writing and delivering software projects and is the author of 2 dozen books and a couple dozen online courses. His latest book, Building APIs with .NET will be released early in 2025. Liberty is a Senior SW Engineer for CNH and he was a Senior Technical Evangelist for Microsoft, a Distinguished Software Engineer for AT&T, a VP for Information Services for Citibank and a Software Architect for PBS. He is a Microsoft MVP.
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9 Responses to Tutorial: Data From a SQL DB via WCF (using LINQ)

  1. David says:
    May 23, 2015 at 12:46 am

    Thanks, this has helped heaps. I’m using VS 2013 – the downloaded code didn’t work. I’ve built it directly from the pdf tutorial, great instructions and explanations. Thanks again your tutorial is much appreciated.

    (The web.config didn’t need to be touched I tried but it didn’t work – the second time I left it alone and it all worked).

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  3. Ardi Ardianto says:
    February 6, 2013 at 6:55 am

    Thx a lot.
    Really helpful 🙂

  4. HP says:
    September 13, 2011 at 5:57 am

    good article…really good explanation…

  5. Peter says:
    May 23, 2010 at 11:31 pm

    Hi Jesse,
    I’ve tried to open your solution in VS2008 but getting open errors on the SQLData project.
    Are there any requirements?

    Thanks,
    Peter

    • Jesse Liberty says:
      May 25, 2010 at 4:37 pm

      I am guessing that since this tutorial is 2 years old, it may be a bit out of date. We’re evaluating all the tutorials and videos to find those that are out of date and either update or eliminate them. It might make sense to write to someone who has had it work (see the comments) to see if they had to do anything to bring it up to date, and meanwhile I’ll add it to my “todo” list.

  6. Brian Gibbs says:
    April 8, 2010 at 12:45 pm

    Just what I needed. Thanks, Jesse!

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