Visual Studio 2008 Sp1 Add-ins Remove Lino To Sql Roadblocks

摘要

LINQ to SQL is more stable and bug-free than most Microsoft version 1 products, but data-oriented .NET developers complain the free O/RM tool doesn't offer the Entity Framework (EF) capability to update its object model from changes to the underlying data store's schema. Also, conforming object and property names to an organization's naming conventions takes time and effort. Another developer issue is the difficulty of customizing the code-generation process without access to LINQ to SQL's source code. Here, I'll describe a commercial third-party add-in to solve the first problem pair and a Text Template Transformation Toolkit (T4) template add-in from a LINQ to SQL team developer that customizes code-generation.