sqlmetal.exe external mapping and LINQ to SQL

David Hayden's blog of using sqlmetal.exe and linq to sql

http://davidhayden.com/blog/dave/archive/2006/05/18/2947.aspx


System.Xml.Linq.
XmlMappingSource mapping;

using (Stream stream = Assembly. GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifest ResourceStream("DLinqTutorial.Mappings.xml"))
{
mapping = XmlMappingSource.FromStream(stream);
}

string connectionString = "Data Source=.;Initial Catalog=DVDLibrary;Integrated Security=True";

DVDLibrary dvds = new DVDLibrary(connectionString, mapping);
}