[Mono-dev] Dynamic data and Ado.net Entity set?

[Sharique uddin Ahmed Farooqui]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 7:12 AM, Atsushi Eno <atsushi at ximian.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Sharique uddin Ahmed Farooqui wrote:
>> Hi,
>> To day MS has released sp1 of .net 3.5. which has Dynamic data,
>> Ado.net Entity set, some improvements in Linq to Sql are the new
>> features .
>
> Where did you find "some improvements in Linq to Sql" ?
>
> I thought it is discontinued, but I might be wrong.
>
>> I have few questions
>> 1. Is there any breaking changes in Core because Sp1 oerview says
>> "Core improvements to the CLR".
>
> That question should be directed to Microsoft, no? ;-)
>
>> 2. What are the plan for this features ?
>> My guess -  for Dynamic data and Entity set we need Linq to Sql first
>
> I don't think Linq to Entities depend on Linq to SQL (does it?).
> Linq to SQL is narrow-minded "SQL Server only" technology. As Pablo
> wrote, it is being implemented though (in DBLinq Mono mode, which is
> somewhat wider-minded to open to some other vendors).
>
AFAIK
Linq to sql is not and ORM, is a language feature while Entity set is
a complete ORM solution.

> Atsushi Eno
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