Chapter 2. LINQ to ADO.NET

This chapter covers the following:

Mapping LINQ to databases.

Classes, properties, and attributes tell LINQ about database tables.

The DataContext class.

This class supports LINQ's ORM functionality.

Advanced features.

LINQ to SQL supports advanced database features such as transactions, optimist concurrency, stored procedure calls, and more.

LINQ to SQL in Visual Studio.

Support for LINQ to SQL, including IntelliSense and debugging, are added to Visual Studio when LINQ is installed.

LINQ to DataSet.

LINQ to SQL is integrated into ADO.NET, specifically with DataSet objects.