>>This is the hard way when you have luxury to use Linq. For example in Linq To SQL the call to 1st one would be as simple as:
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>>NorthwindDataContext nw = new NorthwindDataContext();
>>var result = nw.CustOrderHist("BONAP");
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>>Thinking context might be a static app element it would even boil down to:
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>>var result = nw.CustOrderHist("BONAP");
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>OK, Cetin ... I'm going to show my ignorance of LINQ here:
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>Is CustOrderHist() a Stored Proc name that gets generated as a method in the NorthwindDataContext? If not, how does that method get there in the DataContext?
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>UPDATE: nevermind ... this was already explained in a post to me from Viv, I just hadn't read it yet. It *is* a designer-generated method, based on the SQL Stored Procs. I'll ask any other questions I have about this in the thread to Viv.
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>~~Bonnie

Yes it gets generated in Linq designer generated code. In entity framework it is a little different but yes again a method.
Cetin