Communicating with the Database (LINQ to SQL)

The topics in this section describe some basic aspects of how you establish and maintain communication with the database.

In This Section

• How to: Connect to a Database (LINQ to SQL)
  Describes how to use the DataContext class to connect to a database.

• How to: Directly Execute SQL Commands (LINQ to SQL)
  Describes how you can use ExecuteCommand to send SQL-language commands.

• How to: Reuse a Connection Between an ADO.NET Command and a DataContext (LINQ to SQL)
  Provides examples of how to use an existing ADO.NET connection in a LINQ to SQL application.

See Also

Other Resources

Programming Guide (LINQ to SQL)