Is LINQ to Dataset subset of LINQ to EF or these two are independent?

Question

Is LINQ to Dataset subset of LINQ to EF or these two are independent?

Answer 1

They are independent.

• Linq to Dataset works against a DataSet that was previously created using ADO.NET. The dataset is loaded prior to using linq, so the SQL queryies are not build dynamicly.

• Linq to EntityFramework works against entity framework context. Here the SQL queries are constructed dynamically, based on the Linq query you provided.