c# - Is it possible to add record without using the auto generated class in LINQ to SQL? -

i have table named 'department' , has 2 columns, 'deptid' , 'deptname'. have created properties that.

class departmentclass {     public int did { get; set; }     public string dname { get; set; } } 

now, instead of using auto generated 'departments' class, want use above properties add entry.

    departmentclass newdept = new departmentclass();         newdept.did = 120;         newdept.dname = "shell scripting";         db.departments.insertonsubmit(newdept);  //this has invalid argument         db.submitchanges(); 

please let me know if there way make possible?

if have alot of these conversions make, might try automapper. it's free tool can map poco's data classes , vice versa. mappings once when app initializes, calls conversion simple i.e.

db.departments.insertonsubmit(mapper.map<departments>(newdept)); db.submitchanges(); 

https://github.com/automapper/automapper/wiki/getting-started