Comments on: Create External Content Types using SharePoint Designer 2010

By: Asif Rehmani

Asif Rehmani — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:47:57 +0000

Haven’t tried it myself yet, but this should be possible with WCF option in BCS.

By: Monomack

Monomack — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:27:44 +0000

How can i connect to a external Database like MySQL?

Thanks

Rainer

By: Sharepoint 2010 Video Tutorial | C#.Net Code

Sharepoint 2010 Video Tutorial | C#.Net Code — Mon, 24 May 2010 09:39:56 +0000

[...] Video for Create External Content Types using SharePoint Designer 2010The External Content Types section within SharePoint Designer lets us define connections to Line of Business data that we have access to as a developer, designer or admin of that site. Once the connection is defined, business analysts can use that connection to create what’s called External Lists which shows the content of what the connection is attached to (for example a table in a database). [...]

By: Asif Rehmani

Asif Rehmani — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:43:48 +0000

The Entities is now called External Content Types in the newer builds

By: Priya

Priya — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:57:06 +0000

I dont see the Entities object in SP Designer. How do you enable it?

By: SharePointFrank

SharePointFrank — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:03:05 +0000

SharePoint 2010 external list (BCS) for MOSS 2007 / WSS 3.0?

If you like the new SharePoint 2010 external list feature and the new Business Connectivity Services (BCS) and want to make use of something similar in SharePoint 2007 / WSS 3.0 to connect SharePoint lists (no web parts) directly to external data sourcees (with change workflow), please take a look at:

http://www.layer2.de/en/products/Pages/SharePoint-Business-Data-List-Connector.aspx

The shareware version is completely free for download and use.