>>>>I'm learning LINQ to SQL - Does it support SQL Server views?
>>>>If so, when I add a view, do I have to regenerate the .cs file for the database via sqlmetal?
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>>>If you read blogs 2 or 3 weeks back, you surely found that LINQ to SQL is dead. Have a look at http://www.emoreau.com/Entries/Blogs/2008/11/Is-LINQ-to-SQL-dead.aspx
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>>If one learns l2s and it is dead in favor of l2e, then what is the loss of individual? Aren't they very similar enough.
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>Similar without being exactly the same. One can learn LINQ to xx and re-use his knowledge when using LINQ to yy because it is very similar. I found the one that is the most different is LINQ to XML but you need to use it if you use XML because it simplifies many data manipulation.

Yes,
What I meant is to learn l2e one would learn many things, learning l2s in between is not a loss but gain. In all books I have seen and read l2s is maybe 1/10th of the book. l2e is similar to l2s and l2o with extensions.
Cetin