VS 2010 and Entity Framework: accessing SQL Server 2000 databases
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Consider a Visual Studio 2010 project whose requirement is to model the data using Entity Framework. The datasource is a SQL Server 2000 database.
The first step is creating a new ADO.NET Entity Data Model item.
The Entity Data Model Wizard prompts for a Data Connection.

When creating a new Connection, you will need to use a provider other than SqlClient. Usually it's SQLOLEDB.
The list of data providers only has SqlClient or ".NET Framework Data Provider for SQL Server".

- Is there a work-around for Visual Studio 2010 to create or use data connections to SQL Server 2000 using the Entity Framework?
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