LINQ to SQL celebrated its first anniversary on Nov. 11, 2008. As Microsoft's first object/relational mapping (O/RM) tool to reach developers as a finished product, LINQ to SQL gave .NET developers a ...

To create a new LINQ to SQL WinForm project, add a new LINQ to SQL Classes template item and rename the XML mapping file to Northwind.dbml. Click on Add to open the graphical O/R Designer window and ...

It is all possible thanks to LINQ-to-SQL Classes which are nothing but simple Database Markup Language (dbml) files. This DBML file contains the schema of the database elements (tables, functions ...

CodeSmith released Professional LINQ to Objects, a set of templates to be used with CodeSmith and Visual Studio 2008 that supplement Microsoft's upcoming LINQ to SQL and have many great features ...

The problem with Dynamic LINQ is that it depends on LINQ to SQL and the query data source must be of the IQuerable type.

Twice in the past couple of months I’ve gotten tripped up by the same data issue when using LINQ to Entities in the .NET framework. I create a simple view in my database which performs some ...