Is the Unit of Work pattern really needed with Entity Framework?

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My question is about Entity Framework and the Unit of Work pattern. Is the Unit of Work pattern really needed with Entity Framework ? I mean it look like i see this pattern quiet a lots of time, however isn't the feature of "Transaction" already applied in EF4 ?

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Old question, but a more extensive answer can be found here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7940854/is-unit-of-work-and-repository-patterns-very-useful-for-big-projects — Daniel Flöijer, Oct 03 '12 at 20:09

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 23 '11 at 15:45

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Is it really needed? no, it isn't...

Having said that, I use it as a layer of abstraction for my tests, and found it very useful

answered Jan 23 '11 at 15:45

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Is the Unit of Work pattern really needed with Entity Framework?

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