(转)Using LINQPad with Entity Framework
LINQPad lets you query Entity Framework models that you define in Visual Studio. In a nutshell, here's how to proceed:
- Create an ADO.NET Entity Data Model in a Visual Studio project, and build.
- From LINQPad, click Add Connection (top left)
- Set the Data Context dropdown to Custom Entity Framework ObjectContext:
- Click Browse and locate the assembly (DLL or EXE) that you built in step 1:
- Choose your typed ObjectContext class and Entity Data Model:
- Confirm the SQL Server and database details and click OK.
- Your Conceptual Model will now show in the Schema Explorer. Right-click to start a new query:
A few notes:
- You can return to Visual Studio at any time and rebuild - LINQPad will not lock your assembly.
- LINQPad automatically refreshes the schema explorer and autocompletion cache whenever the assembly changes.
- If your assembly references other assemblies, LINQPad will pick up these, too, providing they live in the same folder.
http://www.linqpad.net/EntityFramework.aspx