I'm using LINQPad and I would like to know schema details of a table.
I know that I do it using SQL:
SELECT column_name,*
FROM information_schema.columns
WHERE table_name = '{table_name}'
ORDER BY ordinal_position
How can I do this using LINQ?
LINQ to SQL contexts have a Mapping
property that you can use for this sort of thing. A query like the one you provided might look something like this:
from t in context.Mapping.GetTables()
where t.TableName == "[table_name]"
from c in t.RowType.DataMembers
orderby c.Ordinal
select new {columnName = c.Name, columnInfo = c}
See this answer for more details.
MetaTable t = MyDataContext.Mapping.GetTables().Where(
i => i.TableName == "TABLENAME").SingleOrDefault();
PropertyInfo[] fields = t.RowType.InheritanceRoot.GetType().GetProperties();
'fields' will contain the names and types of the columns.
In LINQ to SQL, you could try to bring in these views into the model. If that does not work, you could create a stored procedure that retrieves the info, then LINQ to SQL maps the stored procedure and you execute it as a function.