'CompanyName.Foo' is a 'namespace' but is used like a 'type'

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I\'m resurrecting this question because I just ran into this error again today, and I\'m still utterly confused why the

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1. The clash is between namespace CompanyName.Foo and CompanyName.Foo.Models.Foo, and not Foo. I'm not exactly sure how/why the compiler can't distinguish both though.

2. You can try using namespace alias to shorten full qualifying Foo
   e.g. using coyModels = CompanyName.Foo.Models

3. From the reference, seems like you can use /context: and /namespace: to specify the data context class (instead of using table name) and namespace.