If I am using SQL Server as my database service, is there any compelling reason to look at LINQ to Entities over Linq to SQL?
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If I am using SQL Server as my database service, is there any compelling reason to look at LINQ to Entities over Linq to SQL?
Linq to SQL is no longer being actively developed – they are focusing their resources on Entity Framework. Also, EF is far more robust and allows for a number of more advanced scenarios that were overlooked in Linq to Sql.
While you are investigating ORMs, I would take a serious look at NHibernate. It has been around longer than either of Microsoft’s offerings and is far more versatile.