mySQL + LINQ to SQL in C#

Question

I've been looking around for a definitive answer as to how to use LINQ to SQL with mySQL but can't seem to come up with anything. Does anyone have any experience / suggestions using the two together? In particular, I would like to avoid using string SQL statements.

Cheers

Answer 1

MySQL isn't directly supported by Microsoft's LINQ to SQL provider, but there are several alternative ways you can use LINQ against MySQL. Take a look at using LINQ to nHibernate , or see here for LINQ providers against non-Microsoft databases.

Answer 2

Now (as of 2015) you can use the Connector/NET provided by MySQL.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-net/en/connector-net-tutorials.html