LINQ to SQL external mapping

Question

I don\'t know how to set up external mapping file for LINQ to SQL. I\'ve read Ivan Latunov\'s blog post about it and it woke up my interest in it. The problem is that I don\

Answer 1

look into the SQLMetal utility (found by opening up a Visual Studio Command Prompt and typing the command in).

I think this allows you to just create maps either from databases or from pre-existing dbml files

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After your first comment, I believe that this article is probably slightly closer to what you are looking for. It shows you how to load a custom mapping file at runtime

Answer 2

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