Entity Framework 6 - Knowledge Base (KB)

Getting a count of returns seen by a RESTful request

So, I'd like to know how many results I'll be getting back from a RESTful uri GET request. I don't know of any way to do that at this point. Is there a way to do that? Since REST just throws out properties, I don't know if it is able to take a count of...

WebApi with EF Code First generates error when having parent child relation

I am breaking my head over this issue. I did find something on the internet about it, but not a clear answer. My problem:...I have to classes in Model section of an MVC3 web app: ParentClass and ChildClass On ParentClass there is a property Children of ty...

WCF REST service (JSON) and using my model data with entity framework database first

Another rather large title.....Just some basic info first: using .NET 4 / EF 4.x / visual studio 2010 sp1....I have a WCF REST based service which is using JSON as the data transport. I have used the example (sure there are others describing this too) fr...

Parsing Json .Net Web Api

I'm new with Web API 2 / Entity Framework 6 project, I'm making REST services, but for one specific service I'm going to receive (via Post) a JSON before making any CRUD operations over any entity of the model, (have to make some business validations over...

How to implement Partial Updates (PATCH) in Restful Web API (.NET/ JSON/ EF6) Server side

I have been working on a Web API project (Restful), where the size of models (and respective table) is pretty huge, hence there is an absolute need of Partial Updates. ...I have reviewed the option of POST to a subsection of the model, but given that the ...

How to stop my API from failing when new fields are added

I've build an API that receives from an 3thrd party supplier. They sometimes add new fields without warning which leads to errors in my API...The API uses the entity framework 6, the tables are in fact SQL Server views....The code in the controller that r...