Category Archives: WCF

WCF Data Services and Enums

Enums are currently not supported in WCF Data Services, and option seems to be to use either integer and constant values or string and constant values. A data contract will work with WCF services, but since WCF Data Services is tied to EF… slightly different as OData doesn’t support it either.

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Configuration file attributes

The configSource attribute in .config files can be used in a section to source other configuration files. This was introduced in ASP.Net 2.0 and also handy in WCF configuration.<configuration> <system.serviceModel> <services configSource=MySvc.config > </services></configuration>

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WCF webcast series

If you are trying to learn WCF, check out Michele Leroux Bustamante’s great 15 part WCF MSDN webcast series this summer. Michele is the chief Architect of IDesign. Read her book – “Learning WCF” and also check out Juwal Lowy (also from IDesign) – “Programming WCF Services” book.

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