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  1. It would be very useful to have the option to put query results in a grid with sortable columns etc. instead of just HTML.

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  2. It would be handy if LINQPad could assist in quickly generate LINQ2SQL classes for a database a la SQLmetal.

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  3. From VS, right-click on selected method, choose "Run in LinqPad". It creates a new query, copies the method from the source, adds using statements from the top of the file, and reference dlls used by the project. Likely would also need a way to reference other code files within the same project and/or reference the current dll

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  4. I would like the autocomplete list to use a most recently used (MRU) member selection algorithm that highlights the most recently used member in the list. As you know, Visual Studio already does this, and it saves a great deal of time.

    This would be more than simply selecting the last used member after typing a dot (though that is a great start). It would also select the most recently used member for a given autocomplete character sequence. So if on an IEnumerable<T> I used FirstOrDefault() and then later used SingleOrDefault(), the next time I type "." on an IEnumerable<T>…

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  5. Currently I get the following exception when accessing POCO methods and properties.
    NotSupportedException: The specified type member 'Language' is not supported in LINQ to Entities. Only initializers, entity members, and entity navigation properties are supported.

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  6. In addition to closing an established connection it should also cancel a connection that in the process of being established.

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  7. something along the lines of either:
    A) a plugin to visual studio (toolbar button) that I can click "open in Linqpad" that will launch linqpad with a reference to the assembly of the current project, plus a dialog that pops up, where I can select any of the other projects in the solution to also reference, this will automatically bring in the namespaces as well.

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  8. 7 votes
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  9. since LINQPad 4 is a .NET 4 version,
    imho,
    I'd like to name it LINQPad4.exe
    BUT it refuses to run.

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  10. Can be important to see the generated calls of Std Query Operators when designing new LINQ providers. Request clicking the lambda button next to "Results" to show this, as in
    from x in new int[] {1,2,3}
    select x * x

    new int[] {1,2,3}.Select(x=>x*x)

    This gets real important with the various SelectMany overloads, as in

    for a in new int[] {2,3}
    for b in new int[] {7, 11}
    select new int[] {a, b}

    does this gen code for

    IEn<B> SelectMany<A,B>(this IEn<A> as, Func<A, IEn<B>> f)

    or for

    IEn<B> SelectMany<A,B>(this IEn<A> as, Func<A, IEn<A>> f, Func<A, A, B>> g)

    ? Would love…

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  11. like CsharpRepl in mono

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  12. LINQPad currently defaults to C# Expression. I would prefer VB Expression. If you default to last language everyones happy.

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  13. Even on my dual quad core box with 4GB RAM, LinqPad can take a long time to open. The UI is often unresponsive when switching to the application or compiling/running a query.

    I'd like to see some investment in improving the performance of the application and giving it a more lightweight feel.

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  14. In some Windows network environments local profiles sizes are sometimes restricted by group policies, meaning samples can't be download to the default Application Data folders. My Queries has a Set Folder... option. This would be useful for the Samples tab too.

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  15. Pretty simple - lets me keep my hands closer to the money spot on the keyboard. I find F5 to be disrupting to my keyboard position.

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  16. Sometimes it's very time-consuming for LINQPad to automatically repopulate the schema/datacontext with each run of a query. It would be great if there were a manual refresh mode, with the option to manually refresh the schema. (I'd even be able to live without the ability to trigger a refresh in a Query window, as the workaround presumably would be to save and reload the query, or to clone it.)

    Great product. I purchased autocomplete I love this thing so much, but I'd love it more with this feature.

    Thanks!

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  17. The enhanced search for assembly references is perfect. It would be great if VS2010/F# adopted it like you built it.

    It would be great to have an auto update on reference version that are no longer found. I frequently update the Rx.NET references and it's pain to update every single .linq files.

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  18. Support for the new SharePoint 2010 Microsoft.SharePoint.Linq.DataContext would be awesome!

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  19. When I copy/paste from Visual Studio to LINQPad (and back) I have to rename all the table variables to the real table names.
    If I could alias a table, e.g. "Products" into "myProductsTable" the transition from VS to LP would be smooth.

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  20. A driver or mode that executes a program but does not execute any LINQ to SQL changes but instead captures these in a new SQL script you can save.

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