SqlMetal /?
Microsoft (R) Database Mapping Generator 2008 Beta 2 version 1.00.20706
for Microsoft (R) .NET Framework version 3.5
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
SqlMetal [options] [<input file>]
Generates code and mapping for the LINQ to SQL component of the .NET framework. SqlMetal can:
- Generate source code and mapping attributes or a mapping file from a database.
- Generate an intermediate dbml file for customization from the database.
- Generate code and mapping attributes or mapping file from a dbml file.
Options:
/server:<name> Database server name.
/database:<name> Database catalog on server.
/user:<name> Login user ID (default: use Windows Authentication).
/password:<password> Login password (default: use Windows Authentication).
/conn:<connection string> Database connection string. Cannot be used with /server, /database, /user or /password options.
/timeout:<seconds> Timeout value to use when SqlMetal accesses the database (default: 0 which means infinite).
/views Extract database views.
/functions Extract database functions.
/sprocs Extract stored procedures.
/dbml[:file] Output as dbml. Cannot be used with /map option.
/code[:file] Output as source code. Cannot be used with /dbml option.
/map[:file] Generate mapping file, not attributes. Cannot be used with /dbml option.
/language:<language> Language for source code: VB or C# (default: derived from extension on code file name).
/namespace:<name> Namespace of generated code (default: no namespace).
/context:<type> Name of data context class (default: derived from database name).
/entitybase:<type> Base class of entity classes in the generated code(default: entities have no base class).
/pluralize Automatically pluralize or singularize class and member names using English language rules.
/serialization:<option> Generate serializable classes: None or Unidirectional (default: None).
/provider:<type> Provider type (default: provider is determined at run time).
<input file> May be a SqlExpress mdf file, a SqlCE sdf file, or a dbml intermediate file.
Create code from SqlServer:
SqlMetal /server:myserver /database:northwind /code:nwind.cs /namespace:nwind
Generate intermediate dbml file from SqlServer:
SqlMetal /server:myserver /database:northwind /dbml:northwind.dbml /namespace:nwind
Generate code with external mapping from dbml:
SqlMetal /code:nwind.cs /map:nwind.map northwind.dbml
Generate dbml from a SqlCE sdf file:
SqlMetal /dbml:northwind.dbml northwind.sdf
Generate dbml from SqlExpress local server:
SqlMetal /server:.\sqlexpress /database:northwind /dbml:northwind.dbml
Generate dbml by using a connection string in the command line:
SqlMetal /conn:"server='myserver'; database='northwind'" /dbml:northwind.dbml