As I was testing the LINQ to SQL functionality in Visual Studio 2008, I found myself missing the SQL Query Builder. For the relatively simple three-table inner join SELECT queries I needed, I was ...

Using an explicit Join in a LINQ query is an example of thinking "in SQL" rather than "in LINQ+EF." For instance, the Order object has a Customer navigation property that links the Order object to the ...

At run time, the connection to the database won't be opened, the SQL statement won't be sent to the database, and the rows won't be retrieved until I manipulate the LINQ query's result.

LINQ (Language Integrated Query) is a query execution pipeline that adds query capabilities to languages targeted at the managed environment of .Net. LINQ to SQL is an ORM (Object Relational ...

If you haven’t encountered LINQ before, here’s the straight-up definition. LINQ is a kind of query language, sort of the same as SQL, but the syntax is a little different.

CodeSmith released Professional LINQ to Objects, a set of templates to be used with CodeSmith and Visual Studio 2008 that supplement Microsoft's upcoming LINQ to SQL and have many great features ...

Unlike Entity Framework, LINQ to SQL is best used as a simple query and update mechanism without any customization aside from basic table mappings. Database Vendors do not like it either for an ...

I'm comfortable writing SQL and I'm comfortable with method chaining in LINQ, but I am not comfortable writing in the query syntax style of LINQ.