Enum mapping to string

Question

Is there anything special that needs to be done to map enums to strings?
The MSDN documentation indicates that the enum-to-string mapping is supported (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb386947.aspx), but I am getting a DBML1005 error when I modify the type name from string to enum in the DBML designer.

Answer 1

Anybody?

 

Answer 2

I'm seeing the same issue.  Any advice?

Answer 3

I found the answer here:

http://blog.rolpdog.com/2007/07/linq-to-sql-enum-mapping.html

It looks like you need to prepend your type name with "global::".  The post did not mention the bug #.