How can I use mongodb with linq for store large binary objects(files)?

Question

I know two most popular C# drivers for mongodb, this are mongodb-csharp and NoRM . Both of them have some problems. For example, with mongodb-csharp I can't use full functional linq and with NoRM I can't store large file in mongodb. In my project, I need to use linq with large objects (files).

Answer 1

EDIT: I didn't read the question title, sorry. I don't think you'd want to use Linq for talking with GridFS. If so, we'd be happy for some contributions.

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The linq driver to mongodb-csharp is almost done. It supports projections, conditions, ordering, skip, take, and (almost ready) it will build map-reduce queries when you use an aggregate and/or group by statements.

If you grab the latest typedcollections branch, I think you'll find it does most everything you need.

http://wiki.github.com/craiggwilson/mongodb-csharp/linq

Answer 2

You could check official 10gen's MongoDB C# driver . It doesn't support LINQ yet, but they added really nice query mechanism for GridFS.

Answer 3

I don't think that you need to use LINQ. Using LINQ is handy but it is not necessary.

A solution is to help the teams who are developing those drivers. It is all open source so you can join those teams.