> I also find it nice, that I don't have to push my data into a SQL > string and can directly use expressions there.
True, mocking also becomes a lot easier that way since you can use the same query against different providers. > My concern regarding LINQ is: I imagine MS will make it work only for > C# and only for MS SQL Server. I don't think they will really work > this out to a common standard, isn't it? I believe MS only ships C# with DBMS providers for their products, however since LINQ is effectively just an API (with some syntax support) people can write their own providers. That's what the DbLinq project is all about for instance: http://code.google.com/p/dblinq2007/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
