ASP .NET MVC 3 and a Dataservice

Question

I'm looking for an example of an mvc site using a dataservice to execute it's business logic and database calls. Can anybody help me?

Jignesh Trivedi · Answer

hi Please refer The following blog goes through the process of writing a Layered ASP.NET MVC Applicaiton with a WCF Service (Parts III & IV specifically concentrate on WCF & MVC interaction) http://sankarsan.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/a-layered-aspnet-mvc-application-part-ii/ http://sankarsan.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/a-layered-aspnet-mvc-application-part-iii/ http://sankarsan.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/a-layered-aspnet-mvc-application-part-iv/ hope this will help you.

Jignesh Trivedi · Answer

hi Data Services are best when you are exposing your data model and associated logic through a RESTful interface; it includes a full implementation of the Open Data (OData) Protocol for .NET. The major difference is that Web Services Use XmlSerializer. But WCF Uses DataContractSerializer which is better in Performance as compared to XmlSerializer. Web Services can be accessed only over HTTP & it works in stateless environment where WCF is flexible because its services can be hosted in different types of applications. Common scenarios for hosting WCF services are IISWAS Self-hosting Managed Windows Service. Please Refer http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa738737.aspx hope this will help you.

Olivier Muhring · Answer

Thank you. :-) This did help me. However... I'm expected to use dataservices. What is the difference between a webservice and a dataservice?