LINQ to SQL gets some love and attention in .Net 4

DamienG - LINQ to SQL changes in .NET 4.0

LINQ to SQL changes in .NET 4.0

“People have been asking via Twitter and the LINQ to SQL forums so here’s a list I put together on a number of the changes made for 4.0.

Change list

Performance

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Usability

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Query stability

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Update stability

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General stability

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SQL Metal

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LINQ to SQL class designer

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Code generation (SQL Metal + LINQ to SQL class designer)

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Potentially breaking changes

We worked very hard to avoid breaking changes but of course any potential bug fix is a breaking change if your application was depending on the wrong behavior. The ones I specifically want to call out are:

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With the team/organization changes related to LINQ To SQL, it’s good to see that there’s still some life left in it…