LINQ - Need Advice

[shapper]

Hello,

I have been reading a few articles about LINQ and I have a few
questions:

1. What do I need to start using it in my ASP.NET 2.0 / SQL 2005 /
Visual Studio 2005 web sites?

2. Is there a way to convert my existing SQL Stored Procedures to LINQ
code?

3. Is LINQ as powerful as SQL Stored Procedures?

4. Do I still need to define relationships between tables?

5. Where can I find some LINQ resources, examples and foruns?

Thank You,

Miguel

 

[Teemu Keiski]

Hi,

you'll find all this information at:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa904594.aspx

To reply to your question 4: LINQ is a query mechanism, like SQL is. Does
that have impact on database design, which I see relationships to belong to?
I think you shouldn't mix relationships to be there just for "automatic
table joining" in queries.