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Obscure linq to sql issue - don't put 'using' at the of your partial class

Just got burned by this: http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/361577/mslinqtosqlgenerator-fails-with-partial-class-having-a-using-at-the-top-of-the-file

Symptom:

Linq breaks and exiting/restarting doesn’t fix it.  Your database project is now missing a ‘.designer.cs’ file under your .dbml file.

Cause:

If you put a ‘using’ statement at the top of a partial class for a linq to sql database file (we routinely recommend making these partial classes to replace the default constructor, e.g. http://blog.arkesystems.com/post/2008/03/Using-the-connection-strings-in-your-webconfig-for-LINQ.aspx ) then sometimes Visual Studio deletes your .designer.cs file and so your linq just quits compiling.

Workaround is to move the using statement inside the namespace declaration, then restore your now-deleted .designer.cs file from version control or backups or else right click on the .dbml file and select "Run Custom Tool" to rebuild the file.

Timebomb, one day might kaboom:

using System.Configuration;
namespace Symmedian.SST.Data
{
    partial class MyLinqDataContext {

Perfectly happy and fine:

namespace Symmedian.SST.Data
{
    using System.Configuration;
    partial class MyLinqDataContext {


Categories: ASP.NET | LINQ
Posted by David Eison on Sunday, August 8, 2010 9:46 PM
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