Updated to EF 4.2. So what?

Question

So, I installed EF 4.2 from NuGet. Just done Install-Package EntityFramework. That is all I have done.

Now what?

How do I know that I am using the new Framework, and not the old.

I have an existing project with EF 4.0. I also use precompiled views and custom text templates. After I made the update, everything looks exactly the same.

Answer 1

There will be no changes in the existing project. EFv4.2 contains the approach of first matching the code and the DbContext API - none of them affect the existing EFv4.0 projection. It also contains several minor helpers, such as the strongly typed Include , but you should use them in your code. This is not something that magically modifies existing code.