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Asked: 2026-05-23T08:48:01+00:00

We’re currently a Linq to SQL shop but evaluating Entity Framework. One thing that

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We’re currently a Linq to SQL shop but evaluating Entity Framework. One thing that always frustrated me with L2S is how messy the DBML canvas became after putting more than say a couple dozen tables on it. It just became one large mess.

I’m wondering if EF handles this any better? What would be ideal (for us) is the ability to have a separate EDM for each of our schema’s. That would keep things very neat and tidy. However, I don’t know then how we would establish relationships across EDM’s.

Can anyone tell me how (or if) EF handles this sort of thing?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Just my 2 cents.

    I deeply recommend you to throw away dbml and edmx as well, and move to EF 4.1 code first. It will give you all the power and flexybility you need.

    For me it was a no turning back ever. You can find excellent posts of Scott Guthrie about it if you google a little.

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