Updating a Single Column in Linq to SQL using an Alias

This answer on Stack Overflow shows another way to update specific columns of a database record in Linq to SQL: Map the table in the .dbml file a second time, but omit the long columns.

using (var database = new DataContext())
{
  var fooID = database.FooMaxIDs
    .Where(foo => foo.OID == OID).FirstOrDefault();
  fooID.ID = newID;
  database.SubmitChanges();
}

This generates the following SQL statements:

SELECT TOP (1) [t0].[OID], [t0].[ID]
FROM [dbo].[FooMax] AS [t0]
WHERE [t0].[OID] = @p0

UPDATE [dbo].[FooMax]
SET [ID] = @p2
WHERE ([OID] = @p0) AND ([ID] = @p1)