Hi Jimi,
   Two things:

First: Jim is working on the code download and it should be available relatively soon.
Second: While this is something I would definately consider writing, I can't say that it would or will be published since I don't control that, Jim does, but I could say something to him about it! =]

-Doug

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doug - that all sounds very encouraging (and jim, if you're listening, it's a great idea!! :-)) and would definately make it a great resource. I've had a skim thro' the current version and like what i see (also i find it quite easy to follow which is a bonus). as i said, i'll have a proper read and get back with comments/suggestions (if there are any) in due course.

all the best..

jimi

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I've updated the original post here with a temporary link to the code. Sorry about this. I must have jumped the gun and told everyone about this before the code was posted.
As for another Blox, Doug is working on one on another topic right now, and by the time he's done with that, we should have a better idea of the demand and if more users here need it. One of th many great things about Wrox Blox is, we can get them done quickly and treat them almost like a version of on demand publishing: show us the demand, we'll find a way to publish!

Jim Minatel
Acquisitions Director
Wiley Technology Publishing
WROX Press
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Wrox online library: http://wrox.books24x7.com

So when will I have a Wrox Publishing On Demand option through my cable provider? ;]

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doug - i've both downloaded the code and looked thro the doc. i know that this example is just for articles but am i to assume that ALL code for all the linq stuff would go in the single TBH.dbml file?? from an organisational perspective (as well as the idea of doing discreet 'plug-ins'), this doesn't seem like a great idea. I'd imagined that there would be a folder under the DAL for each provider (i.e. Articles, Forums etc) that contained their own TBH.dbml file. maybe this is possible when extending the idea but for me, that was one of the things that struck me as being kinda 'un-organised' in the whole linq - sql example. please don't take this as a criticism of anything you've done as it could well be that the focus on just Articles is what is driving this decision, as well as the general way that linq operates (at the moment).

hope this makes sense and my point is valid without raising more questions than it answers :-).

jimi

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Since the DBML file is simply an abstraction of the database itself you could theoretically have multiple DBML files for each section. Since any LINQ command you issue is ultimately converted into SQL and then executed against the datastore itself, this shouldn't be a problem.

The only thing you might have an issue with is in the case where, hypothetically, a poll post would have a relation to something in the Artiles table and you wanted to navigate that Relationship via LINQ.

However, since the DBML files are partial classes by nature, if all of your classes shared the same class name, this shouldn't be to much of a problem but I would like to stress that this theory only and I have not actually tried it so am unsure of an exact answer.

Does that make sense?



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doug, yes that does make sense and i had considered the partial class approach to the issue, so perhaps this would be the way around this.

well, heading off now so catch up at some point over the next 3 weeks connectivity permitting...

keep 'em coming

jimi

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FYI, I've updated the original post but here as well, the code is available at the standard location now:
http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTit...-DOWNLOAD.html

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Thanks Jim.

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wow, this looks nice.
I definitly will dive into this