Murach's Visual Basic 2008
How to use LINQ

In this chapter, you'll learn the basic skills for using a new 2008 feature called LINQ. LINQ provides a way for you to query a data source using constructs that are built into the Visual Basic language. That way, you can use the same language to access a variety of data sources, from databases to arrays to XML files.
Chapter 23 How to use LINQ
Basic concepts for working with LINQ 704
How LINQ is implemented 704
Advantages of using LINQ 704
The three stages of a query operation 706
How to code a LINQ query 708
How to identify the data source for a query 708
How to filter the results of a query 710
How to sort the results of a query 712
How to select fields from a query 714
How to join data from two or more data sources 716
A Customer Invoice application that uses generic lists 718
The user interface 718
The code for the form 720
A Customer Invoice application that uses a typed dataset 722
The dataset schema 722
The code for the form 724


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