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damieng — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:39:29 GMT

Summary

Templates replicating the functionality of the SQLMetal and the LINQ to SQL classes designer code-generators for both C# and VB.Net requiring just Visual Studio 2008.

Goal

Provide drop-in replacements that serve as a starting point for customized code generation. The templates also add:

- Can concurrency check when updating/deleting entities with stored procedures (switch on options.StoredProcedureConcurrency and have the SP return @@ROWCOUNT)
- Entity-per-file generation ability (does not rewrite unchanged files, cleans-up and checks out files that require changing automatically)
- DataContract serialization support for .NET 3.5 SP1 including KnownType & IsReference attributes
- Minor bug-fixes scheduled for inclusion in the .NET 4.0 release of SQLMetal/LINQ to SQL designer

Getting started

Follow these simple steps:

Download either the last stable snapshot or the latest version in source control and extract the files
Drag the L2ST4.ttinclude and either CSharpDataClasses.tt or VBNetDataClasses.tt files to your project
Rename the .tt file to match your DBML file (retaining .tt instead of .dbml)
Turn off the existing .generated file beneath the DBML (set it's Build Action property to None)

Remember to use Transform All Templates or Run Custom Tool on the .tt file to run the template when the DBML has changed (it's not automatic).

Limitations

Updated Wiki: Home

damieng — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:47:12 GMT

Summary

Templates replicating the functionality of the SQLMetal and the LINQ to SQL classes designer code-generators for both C# and VB.Net requiring just Visual Studio 2008.

Goal

Getting started

Checkout a short (2m30s) screencast or follow these steps:

Download either the last stable snapshot or the latest version in source control and extract the files
Drag the L2ST4.ttinclude and either CSharpDataClasses.tt or VBNetDataClasses.tt files to your project
Rename the .tt file to match your DBML file (retaining .tt instead of .dbml)
Turn off the existing .generated file beneath the DBML (set it's Build Action property to None)

Remember to use Transform All Templates or Run Custom Tool on the .tt file to run the template when the DBML has changed (it's not automatic).

Limitations

Updated Wiki: Home

damieng — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:10:21 GMT

Summary

Templates replicating the functionality of the SQLMetal and the LINQ to SQL classes designer code-generators for both C# and VB.Net requiring just Visual Studio 2008.

Goal

Provide drop-in replacements that serve as a starting point for customized code generation. The templates also add:

- Can concurrency check when updating/deleting entities with stored procedures (switch on options.StoredProcedureConcurrency and have the SP return @@ROWCOUNT)
- Entity-per-file generation ability (does not rewrite unchanged files, cleans-up and checks out files that require changing automatically)
- DataContract serialization support for .NET 3.5 SP1 including KnownType attributes
- Minor bug-fixes scheduled for inclusion in the .NET 4.0 release of SQLMetal/LINQ to SQL designer

Getting started

Checkout a short (2m30s) screencast or follow these steps:

Download either the last stable snapshot or the latest version in source control and extract the files
Drag the L2ST4.ttinclude and either CSharpDataClasses.tt or VBNetDataClasses.tt files to your project
Rename the .tt file to match your DBML file (retaining .tt instead of .dbml)
Turn off the existing .generated file beneath the DBML (set it's Build Action property to None)

Remember to use Transform All Templates or Run Custom Tool on the .tt file to run the template when the DBML has changed (it's not automatic).

Limitations

Updated Wiki: Home

damieng — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:55:55 GMT

Summary

Templates replicating the functionality of the SQLMetal and the LINQ to SQL classes designer code-generators for both C# and VB.Net requiring just Visual Studio 2008.

Goal

Provide drop-in replacements that serve as a starting point for customized code generation. The templates also add:

- Can concurrency check when updating/deleting entities with stored procedures (switch on options.StoredProcedureConcurrency and have the SP return @@ROWCOUNT)
- Entity-per-file generation ability (some issues with VB.NET + VisualSVN source control right now)
- DataContract serialization support for .NET 3.5 SP1 including KnownType attributes
- Minor bug-fixes scheduled for inclusion in the .NET 4.0 release of SQLMetal/LINQ to SQL designer

Getting started

Checkout a short (2m30s) screencast or follow these steps:

Download either the last stable snapshot or the latest version in source control and extract the files
Drag the L2ST4.ttinclude and either CSharpDataClasses.tt or VBNetDataClasses.tt files to your project
Rename the .tt file to match your DBML file (retaining .tt instead of .dbml)
Turn off the existing .generated file beneath the DBML (set it's Build Action property to None)

Remember to use Transform All Templates or Run Custom Tool on the .tt file to run the template when the DBML has changed (it's not automatic).

Limitations

Updated Wiki: Home

damieng — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:55:18 GMT

Summary

Templates replicating the functionality of the SQLMetal and the LINQ to SQL classes designer code-generators for both C# and VB.Net requiring just Visual Studio 2008.

Goal

Provide drop-in replacements that serve as a starting point for customized code generation. The templates also add:

- Can concurrency check when updating/deleting entities with stored procedures (switch on options.StoredProcedureConcurrency and have the SP return @@ROWCOUNT)
- Entity-per-file generation ability (some issues with VB.NET + VisualSVN source control right now)
- DataContract serialization support for .NET 3.5 SP1 including KnownType attributes
- Minor bug-fixes scheduled for inclusion in the .NET 4.0 release of SQLMetal/LINQ to SQL designer

Getting started

Checkout a short (2m30s) screencast at http://damieng.com/blog/2009/01/19/linq-to-sql-templates-updated-now-on-codeplex or follow these steps:

Download either the last stable snapshot or the latest version in source control and extract the files
Drag the L2ST4.ttinclude and either CSharpDataClasses.tt or VBNetDataClasses.tt files to your project
Rename the .tt file to match your DBML file (retaining .tt instead of .dbml)
Turn off the existing .generated file beneath the DBML (set it's Build Action property to None)

Remember to use Transform All Templates or Run Custom Tool on the .tt file to run the template when the DBML has changed (it's not automatic).

Limitations

Updated Wiki: Home

damieng — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:08:29 GMT

Summary

Templates replicating the functionality of the SQLMetal and the LINQ to SQL classes designer code-generators for both C# and VB.Net requiring just Visual Studio 2008.

Goal

Provide drop-in replacements that serve as a starting point for customized code generation. The templates also add:

- Can concurrency check when updating/deleting entities with stored procedures (switch on options.StoredProcedureConcurrency and have the SP return @@ROWCOUNT)
- Entity-per-file generation ability (some issues with VB.NET + VisualSVN source control right now)
- DataContract serialization support for .NET 3.5 SP1 including KnownType attributes
- Minor bug-fixes scheduled for inclusion in the .NET 4.0 release of SQLMetal/LINQ to SQL designer

Getting started

Checkout a short (2m30s) screencast at http://damieng.com/blog/2009/01/19/linq-to-sql-templates-updated-now-on-codeplex or follow these steps:

Download the templates from the Source Code section and extract the files
Drag the L2ST4.ttinclude and either CSharpDataClasses.tt or VBNetDataClasses.tt files to your project
Rename the .tt file to match your DBML file (retaining .tt instead of .dbml)
Turn off the existing .generated file beneath the DBML (set it's Build Action property to None)

Remember to use Transform All Templates or Run Custom Tool on the .tt file to run the template when the DBML has changed (it's not automatic).

Limitations

Updated Wiki: Home

damieng — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:32:00 GMT

Summary

Templates replicating the functionality of the SQLMetal and the LINQ to SQL classes designer code-generators for both C# and VB.Net requiring just Visual Studio 2008.

Goal

Provide drop-in replacements that serve as a starting point for customized code generation. The templates also add:

- Can concurrency check when updating/deleting entities with stored procedures (switch on options.StoredProcedureConcurrency and have the SP return @@ROWCOUNT)
- Entity-per-file generation ability (some issues with VB.NET + VisualSVN source control right now)
- DataContract serialization support for .NET 3.5 SP1 including KnownType attributes
- Minor bug-fixes scheduled for inclusion in the .NET 4.0 release of SQLMetal/LINQ to SQL designer

Getting started

Checkout a short (2m30s) screencast at http://damieng.com/blog/2009/01/19/linq-to-sql-templates-updated-now-on-codeplex or follow these steps:

Download the templates from the Source Code section and extract the files
Drag the L2ST4.ttinclude and either CSharpDataClasses.tt or VBNetDataClasses.tt files to your project
Rename the .tt file to match your DBML file (retaining .tt instead of .dbml)
Turn off the existing .generated file beneath the DBML (set it's Build Action property to None)

Remember to use Transform All Templates or Run Custom Tool on the .tt file to run the template when the DBML has changed (it's not automatic).

Limitations

Templates are a work-in-progress and you should ensure the generated code is suitable for your application. Limitations include:

- Reserved keyword checking not implemented
- String escaping not implemented (e.g. " or CRLF in table/column names)
- Enum column/property support missing

Updated Wiki: Home

damieng — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:56:39 GMT

Summary

Templates replicating the functionality of the SQLMetal and the LINQ to SQL classes designer code-generators for both C# and VB.Net requiring just Visual Studio 2008.

Goal

Provide drop-in replacements that serve as a starting point for customized code generation. The templates also add:

- Concurrency checking when updating entities using stored procedures (SP taking original values must return @@ROWCOUNT)
- Entity-per-file generation ability
- DataContract serialization support for .NET 3.5 SP1 including KnownType attributes
- Minor bug-fixes scheduled for inclusion in the .NET 4.0 release of SQLMetal

Limitations

Getting started

Checkout a short (2m30s) screencast at http://damieng.com/blog/2009/01/19/linq-to-sql-templates-updated-now-on-codeplex or follow these steps:

Download the templates from the Source Code section and extract the files
Drag the L2ST4.ttinclude and either CSharpDataClasses.tt or VBNetDataClasses.tt files to your project
Rename the .tt file to match your DBML file (retaining .tt instead of .dbml)
Turn off the existing .generated file beneath the DBML (set it's Build Action property to None)

Remember to use Transform All Templates or Run Custom Tool on the .tt file to run the template when the DBML has changed (it's not automatic).

Updated Wiki: Home

damieng — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:56:14 GMT

Summary

Templates replicating the functionality of the SQLMetal and the LINQ to SQL classes designer code-generators for both C# and VB.Net requiring just Visual Studio 2008.

Goal

Provide drop-in replacements that serve as a starting point for customized code generation. The templates also add:

- Concurrency checking when updating entities using stored procedures (a SP that takes an original value must return @@ROWCOUNT)
- Entity-per-file generation ability
- DataContract serialization support for .NET 3.5 SP1 including KnownType attributes
- Minor bug-fixes scheduled for inclusion in the .NET 4.0 release of SQLMetal

Limitations

Getting started

Checkout a short (2m30s) screencast at http://damieng.com/blog/2009/01/19/linq-to-sql-templates-updated-now-on-codeplex or follow these steps:

Download the templates from the Source Code section and extract the files
Drag the L2ST4.ttinclude and either CSharpDataClasses.tt or VBNetDataClasses.tt files to your project
Rename the .tt file to match your DBML file (retaining .tt instead of .dbml)
Turn off the existing .generated file beneath the DBML (set it's Build Action property to None)

Remember to use Transform All Templates or Run Custom Tool on the .tt file to run the template when the DBML has changed (it's not automatic).

Updated Wiki: Home

damieng — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:55:10 GMT

Summary

Templates replicating the functionality of the SQLMetal and the LINQ to SQL classes designer code-generators for both C# and VB.Net requiring just Visual Studio 2008.

Goal

Provide drop-in replacements that serve as a starting point for customized code generation. The templates also add:

- Concurrency checking when updating entities using stored procedures
- Entity-per-file generation ability
- DataContract serialization support for .NET 3.5 SP1 including KnownType attributes
- Minor bug-fixes scheduled for inclusion in the .NET 4.0 release of SQLMetal

Limitations

Getting started

Checkout a short (2m30s) screencast at http://damieng.com/blog/2009/01/19/linq-to-sql-templates-updated-now-on-codeplex or follow these steps:

Download the templates from the Source Code section and extract the files
Drag the L2ST4.ttinclude and either CSharpDataClasses.tt or VBNetDataClasses.tt files to your project
Rename the .tt file to match your DBML file (retaining .tt instead of .dbml)
Turn off the existing .generated file beneath the DBML (set it's Build Action property to None)

Remember to use Transform All Templates or Run Custom Tool on the .tt file to run the template when the DBML has changed (it's not automatic).

Updated Wiki: Home

damieng — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:54:16 GMT

Summary

Templates replicating the functionality of the SQLMetal and the LINQ to SQL classes designer code-generators for both C# and VB.Net requiring just Visual Studio 2008.

Goal

Provide drop-in replacements that serve as a starting point for customized code generation. The templates also add:

- Concurrency checking when updating entities using stored procedures
- Entity-per-file generation ability
- DataContract serialization support for .NET 3.5 SP1
- Minor bug-fixes scheduled for inclusion in the .NET 4.0 release of SQLMetal

Limitations

Getting started

Checkout a short (2m30s) screencast at http://damieng.com/blog/2009/01/19/linq-to-sql-templates-updated-now-on-codeplex or follow these steps:

Download the templates from the Source Code section and extract the files
Drag the L2ST4.ttinclude and either CSharpDataClasses.tt or VBNetDataClasses.tt files to your project
Rename the .tt file to match your DBML file (retaining .tt instead of .dbml)
Turn off the existing .generated file beneath the DBML (set it's Build Action property to None)

Remember to use Transform All Templates or Run Custom Tool on the .tt file to run the template when the DBML has changed (it's not automatic).

Updated Wiki: Home

damieng — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:52:52 GMT

Summary

Templates replicating the functionality of the SQLMetal and the LINQ to SQL classes designer code-generators for both C# and VB.Net requiring just Visual Studio 2008.

Goal

Provide drop-in replacements that serve as a starting point for customized code generation.

The templates also add:

- Concurrency checking when updating entities using stored procedures
- Entity-per-file generation ability
- DataContract serialization support for .NET 3.5 SP1
- Minor bug-fixes scheduled for inclusion in the .NET 4.0 release of SQLMetal

Limitations

Templates are a work-in-progress and you should ensure the generated code is suitable for your application.

Some limitations include:

- Reserved keyword checking not implemented
- String escaping not implemented (e.g. " or CRLF in table/column names)
- Namespaces are not picked up from the project default or Custom Tool Namespace property
- Enum column/property support missing

Getting started

Download the templates from the Source Code section and extract the files
Drag the L2ST4.ttinclude and either CSharpDataClasses.tt or VBNetDataClasses.tt files to your project
Rename the .tt file to match your DBML file (retaining .tt instead of .dbml)
Turn off the existing .generated file beneath the DBML (set it's Build Action property to None)

Remember to use Transform All Templates or Run Custom Tool on the .tt file to run the template when the DBML has changed (it's not automatic).

Updated Wiki: Home

damieng — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:50:44 GMT

Summary

Templates replicating the functionality of the SQLMetal and the LINQ to SQL classes designer code-generators for both C# and VB.Net requiring just Visual Studio 2008.

Goal

Provide drop-in replacements that serve as a starting point for customized code generation.

The templates also add:

- Concurrency checking when updating entities using stored procedures
- Entity-per-file generation ability
- DataContract serialization support for .NET 3.5 SP1
- Minor bug-fixes scheduled for inclusion in the .NET 4.0 release of SQLMetal

Limitations

Getting started

Download the templates and extract the files
Drag the L2ST4.ttinclude and either CSharpDataClasses.tt or VBNetDataClasses.tt files to your project
Rename the .tt file to match your DBML file (retaining .tt instead of .dbml)
Turn off the existing .generated file beneath the DBML (set it's Build Action property to None)

Remember to use Transform All Templates or Run Custom Tool on the .tt file to run the template when the DBML has changed (it's not automatic).

Updated Wiki: Home

damieng — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:13:57 GMT

Summary

Templates replicating the functionality of the SQLMetal and the LINQ to SQL classes designer code-generators for both C# and VB.Net requiring just Visual Studio 2008.

Goal

Provide drop-in replacements that serve as a starting point for customized code generation.

The templates also add:

- Concurrency checking when updating entities using stored procedures
- DataContract serialization support for .NET 3.5 SP1
- Minor bug-fixes scheduled for inclusion in the .NET 4.0 release of SQLMetal

Limitations

Getting started

Download the templates and extract the files
Drag the L2ST4.ttinclude and either CSharpDataClasses.tt or VBNetDataClasses.tt files to your project
Rename the .tt file to match your DBML file (retaining .tt instead of .dbml)
Turn off the existing .generated file beneath the DBML (set it's Build Action property to None)

Remember to use Transform All Templates or Run Custom Tool on the .tt file to run the template when the DBML has changed (it's not automatic).

Updated Wiki: Home

damieng — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:12:45 GMT

Summary

Templates replicating the functionality of the SQLMetal and the LINQ to SQL classes designer code-generators for both C# and VB.Net requiring just Visual Studio 2008.

Goal

Provide drop-in replacements that serve as a starting point for customized code generation.

The templates however, also add:
- Concurrency checking when updating entities using stored procedures
- DataContract serialization support for .NET 3.5 SP1
- Minor bug-fixes scheduled for inclusion in the .NET 4.0 release of SQLMetal

Limitations

Templates are a work-in-progress and you should ensure the generated code is suitable for your application.

Some limitations include:
- Reserved keyword checking not implemented
- String escaping not implemented (e.g. " or CRLF in table/column names)
- Namespaces are not picked up from the project default or Custom Tool Namespace property
- Enum column/property support missing

Getting started

Download the templates and extract the files
Drag the L2ST4.ttinclude and either CSharpDataClasses.tt or VBNetDataClasses.tt files to your project
Rename the .tt file to match your DBML file (retaining .tt instead of .dbml)
Turn off the existing .generated file beneath the DBML (set it's Build Action property to None)

Remember to hit the "Transform All Templates" or "Run Custom Tool" on the .tt file to run the template when the DBML changes (it's not automatic).