Linq-To-Sql Is Not Using The Database-defined Default Values

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Please help.

Linq-To-Sql is not using the database-defined default values.

For example, suppose there exists a column, Table1.Column1, of type nvarchar(32) in the database.

Further suppose that Table1.Column1 has a default set as '', an empty string, set in the database itself.

Now suppose that one has a Linq-To-Sql class mapped to this table.

Note that if one then tries to insert, using the Linq class, and one does not provide a value for Table1.Column1, then it throws a RTE.

Is there a way around this other than writing a partial class and using the Extensibility methods?

Please advise.

Thank you.

-- Mark Kamoski