ORM in .NET 3.5

A good article on this available at http://dotnetslackers.com/articles/net/ORMInNET35.aspx.

DLinq is the major strength behind the ORM in .NET 3.5. DLinq, a component of the LINQ Project, provides a run-time infrastructure for managing relational data as objects without giving up the ability to query. It does this by translating language integrated queries into SQL for execution by the database and then translating the tabular results back into objects you define. Your application is then free to manipulate the objects while DLinq stays in the background tracking your changes automatically.

This provides a good overview of DLinq.

I am involved in migrating a project which uses DLinq to access an SQL Server database to use an Oracle database. But , unfortuately found that still DLinq provides no support for Oracle.:(