class SimpleObject
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
}

public IEnumerable<SimpleObject> GetMatches(int[] matchingIds)
{
     // OH NOOOOOOES! This activates all 30,000 SimpleObjects. TOO SLOW!
     var query = from SimpleObject simple in db
                 join id in matchingIds on simple.Id equals id
                 select simple;
     return query.ToArray();
}

IList<SimpleObject> objs = new List<SimpleObject>();
foreach(var tbf in ids)
{
     var result = from SimpleObject o in db()
               where o.Id = tbf
                  select o;

     if (result.Count == 1)
     {
        objs.Add(result[0]);
     }
}

var simpleObjects = db.Query<SimpleObject>(typeof(SimpleObject));

private SimpleObject[] GetSimpleObjectUsingSodaAgainstAProperty(int[] matchingIds, IObjectContainer db)
{
    SimpleObject[] returnValue = new SimpleObject[matchingIds.Length];

    for (int counter = 0; counter < matchingIds.Length; counter++)
    {
        var query = db.Query();
        query.Constrain(typeof(SimpleObject));
        query.Descend("Id").Constrain(matchingIds[counter]);
        IObjectSet queryResult = query.Execute();
        if (queryResult.Count == 1)
            returnValue[counter] = (SimpleObject)queryResult[0];
    }

    return returnValue;
}

public class SimpleObject
{
    private int _id;

    public int Id {
        get
        { return _id; }
        set
        { _id = value; }
    }
}

private SimpleObject[] GetSimpleObjectUsingSodaAgainstAField(int[] matchingIds, IObjectContainer db)
{
    SimpleObject[] returnValue = new SimpleObject[matchingIds.Length];

    for (int counter = 0; counter < matchingIds.Length; counter++)
    {
        var query = db.Query();
        query.Constrain(typeof(SimpleObject));
        query.Descend("_id").Constrain(matchingIds[counter]);
        IObjectSet queryResult = query.Execute();
        if (queryResult.Count == 1)
            returnValue[counter] = (SimpleObject)queryResult[0];
    }

    return returnValue;
}

GetAll: 2450 ms
GetWithOriginalCode: 2694 ms
GetWithSODAandProperty: 75373 ms
GetWithSODAandField: 77 ms

from SimpleObject simple in db
where matchingIds.Contains(simple.Id)
select simple

var result1 = db.ObjectByID((SimpleObject t) => t.Id, 42, 77);
 var result2 = db.ObjectByID((SimpleObject t) => t.Id, myIDList);
 var result3 = db.ObjectByID((OtherObject t) => t.Name, "gamlerhart","db4o");

var result = from SimpleObject t
  where t.Id = 42 || t.Id==77 ... t.Id == N
  select t

public static class ContainerExtensions{

public static IDb4oLinqQuery<TObjectType> ObjectByID<TObjectType, TIdType>(this IObjectContainer db,
Expression<Func<TObjectType, TIdType>> idPath,
params TIdType[] ids)
{
  if(0==ids.Length)
  {
       return db.Cast<TObjectType>().Where(o=>false);
  }
  var orCondition = BuildOrChain(ids, idPath);
  var whereClause = Expression.Lambda(orCondition, idPath.Parameters.ToArray());
  return db.Cast<TObjectType>().Where((Expression<Func<TObjectType, bool>>) whereClause);
}

private static BinaryExpression BuildOrChain<TIdType, TObjectType>(TIdType[] ids,     Expression<Func<TObjectType, TIdType>> idPath)
{
  var body = idPath.Body;
  var currentExpression = Expression.Equal(body, Expression.Constant(ids.First()));
  foreach (var id in ids.Skip(1))
  {
    currentExpression = Expression.OrElse(currentExpression, Expression.Equal(body,     Expression.Constant(id)));
  }
return currentExpression;
    }

}