posted on Friday, September 16, 2005 10:21 AM
by
paul
The LINQ Project
Now, what we're doing here with Project LINQ is that we are taking the concepts of query, step operations, and transformation, and we're making them first class in the .NET platform and in the .NET programming languages. Rich query that you could previously only write in SQL or in XQuery, you can now write in C# or VB, going against any kind of data source, be it objects, relational or XML. ANDERS HEJLSBERG at the PDC .
LINQ isn't just about querying in-memory data, it is also about querying relational and XML data. In fact, as part of LINQ, we're introducing a new API called (DLINQ ?) that gives you Language Integrated Query for relational data and allows you to map tables and databases onto classes and objects in C# and VB.
The LINQ Project is a codename for a set of extensions to the .NET Framework that encompass language-integrated query, set, and transform operations. It extends C# and Visual Basic with native language syntax for queries and provides class libraries to take advantage of these capabilities.
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The LINQ Technical Preview includes samples, whitepapers, hands-on labs and compiler support to create LINQ-enabled applications using release candidate versions of Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition. Note: this preview works only with the Visual Studio 2005 Release Candidate.
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