Can SQL Server 2000 be used as the database for LINQ to SQL?
Does LINQ to SQL rely on a specific version of Microsoft SQL Server?
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Can SQL Server 2000 be used as the database for LINQ to SQL?
Does LINQ to SQL rely on a specific version of Microsoft SQL Server?
Yes, LINQ to SQL works with SQL Sever 2000 with one exception: you do need the ROW_NUMBER() function, available only in SQL Server 2005/2008, to support efficient server-side paging. Without it, paging functions (as Mehrdad points out) are delivered using the classic Top N strategy – very inefficient as you page further and further through your dataset because you end up throwing out most of your selected records from the third page on.