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I have a database table named Tags (Id, Name) from which I would like to select the ones where the name matches a name in a list. In SQL I would use something like: Select * from Tags Where Name In ('Name1', 'Name2', 'xxx...) But now using PetaPoco in an ASP.Net MVC3 project I'm stuck figuring out how to do it properly. So far I've tried: var tagsToFind = new string[] { "SqlServer", "IIS" }; var sql = PetaPoco.Sql.Builder.Select("*").From("Tags").Where("Name in (@0)", tagsToFind); var result = db.Query<Tag>(sql); Which results in the following SQL, where only the first name in my list of

I need to create a DAL and repositories using petapoco. The difficulty that comes in, is that I dont know how it manages its connections. If I was using dapper I know how the connection process flows because I control it. I don't know what are the best practices in creating a DAL with petapoco. public class UserRepository { public IEnumerable<User> All() { var db = new PetaPoco.Database("Sqlite_Connection");//this line var s = db.Query<User>("SELECT * FROM Users"); return s.ToList(); } } I would like to place var db = new PetaPoco.Database("Sqlite_Connection");//this line in my DALHelper class