Change name space of LINQ to SQL generated classes

Question

Is there anyway I can change the namespace of the classes generated by LINQ to SQL

right now it goes ProjectName.FolderName

Is there anyways I can change this default convention

Answer 1

SQLMetal - Follow this documentation specified. But in essence it looks as follows.

SqlMetal /server:.\SQLExpress /database:Northwind /pluralize /namespace:nwind /code:Northwind.cs

Answer 2

The LINQ to SQL templates for T4 project on CodePlex might be an option

Answer 3

Open the designer and click on the background, there are two properties called Entity Namespace and Context Namespace, you can use those to set the namespace for the generated classes.