Linq To Sql and identity_insert

Question

I am trying to do record inserts on a table where the Primary Key is an Identity field.

I have tried calling
mycontext.ExecuteCommand("S

Answer 1

It should be enough to open the connection manually before executing commands. This makes the commands run in the same session:

context.Connection.Open();
context.ExecuteCommand("SET IDENTITY_INSERT MyTable ON");
// make changes
// ...
context.SubmitChanges();