Visual Basic LINQ Hands On Labs

Microsoft Downloads - Visual Basic LINQ Hands On Labs for Visual Studio 2008

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These Visual Basic LINQ Hands-on Labs provide an introduction to the LINQ Project. Learn basic LINQ features, including the Standard Query Operators, and see how these features can be used against in-memory collections, connected databases, and XML documents. The labs also provide a clear picture of the relational data access support provided by the LINQ Project, referred to as LINQ to SQL.

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Two Word docs LINQ (24 pages) and LINQ to SQL (28 pages) containing high level an hands on introduction to LINQ/LINQ to SQL. There are "beta 2" references in the doc's, so they may, or may not, work as is with RTM.

In any case, if you're looking for a quick hands on learning approach to getting started with VB and LINQ, you should check out these documents...

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