There are two types of LINQ queries: query syntax and method syntax. Query syntax resembles SQL and uses keywords like from, where, select, group, and join. Method syntax uses extension methods ...

The examples in this topic demonstrate how to use the xref:System.Linq.Enumerable.OrderBy%2A, xref:System.Linq.Enumerable.Reverse%2A, and xref:System.Linq.Enumerable.ThenBy%2A methods to query a ...

The examples in this topic demonstrate how to use the xref:System.Linq.Enumerable.First%2A and xref:System.Linq.Enumerable.ElementAt%2A methods to get xref:System.Data.DataRow elements from a ...

Practical .NET Grouping in LINQ with Methods Peter follows up -- yet again – on a column on how to group results with LINQ using the SQL-like syntax with the same solution using the method-based ...

BIRCH: There are two primary benefits that I enjoy when using LINQ to SQL, the first one being the ease of transition for people moving from standard T-SQL query syntax to this new method of data ...

So that's what this tip shows. As in the column, I'll do both Visual Basic and C#. However, for the method-based syntax, that isn't really necessary because the two solutions are almost identical in ...