- SP metal can run against BCS - external content types don't get created by SPMetal;
- Hidden fields are not available to the SPMetal created proxy i.e. created by. Parameters.xml can be changed to display these default hidden fields; and
- Some column types are not picked up by SPMetal namely "Managed Metadata columns", "Publishing Html" or "Publishing Image". Additionaly any custom created columns are not included by SPMetal.
- Anonymous LINQ needs a work around. Update 27/11/2010, August Cumulative Update (CU) for SharePoint 2010 apparently fixes the anaonymous Linq to SharePoint issue. Ensure you get the latest CU due to the rerelease issues.
- Update: 08 Oct 2010 - List attachments are not picked up by SPMetal. You will need to use the Server side object model or extend SPMetal using a partial class.
- Update: 14 Oct 2010 - Multiselect columns are not updateable with mulitiple values using LINQ to SharePoint. You can update with 1 value only.
- Update 18 Oct 2010 - SPMetal does not like spaces in the url to the site that it generates off. Error the web at 'http://demo.dev/sites/my site' could not be found.
- Update 27 Nov 2010 - Using Linq to SharePoint across site collections.
Feb 4, 2011
Problems with SPMetal in SharePoint 2010
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You can show hidden fields by using a parameters.xml file when generate the proxy using SPMetal.exe as shown here
http://blog.sharepointsite.co.uk/2011/05/splinq-parameterxml-to-show-hidden.html
Thanks paul for the information.....
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