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&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1615332" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: LINQ to SQL and creating databases</title><link>http://msmvps.com/blogs/theproblemsolver/archive/2008/04/09/linq-to-sql-and-creating-databases.aspx#1581160</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:13:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:1581160</guid><dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi, Maurice &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I would like to use VB2008 express to connect SQL2000. How can I do it ? If you have solution, please send me stevepoon2000@yahoo.com.hk&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Steve.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1581160" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>LINQ to SQL, SQL Compact and the |DataDirectory| macro</title><link>http://msmvps.com/blogs/theproblemsolver/archive/2008/04/09/linq-to-sql-and-creating-databases.aspx#1579404</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:27:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:1579404</guid><dc:creator>The Problem Solver</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;As I previously mentioned having the LINQ DataContext create the database if it doesn&amp;amp;#39;t exist yet&lt;/p&gt;
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