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June 2006 - Posts

• Linq to Amazon implementation fore steps

  On Monday, I have announced an implementation of Linq for Amazon Web Services , that allows to query for books using the following syntax: var query = from book in new Amazon.BookSearch() where book.Title.Contains("ajax") && (book.Publisher == Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 28, 2006 11:39 PM by Fabrice Marguerie | 8 Comments

• Introducing Linq to Amazon

  As an example that will be included in the Linq in Action book, I've created an example that shows how Linq can be extended to query anything. This example introduces Linq to Amazon , which allows querying Amazon for books using Linq! It uses Linq's extensibility Read More... Posted Monday, June 26, 2006 3:33 PM by Fabrice Marguerie | 7 Comments

• Linq rebranding

  Soma announced that the naming scheme for the Linq technologies has been simplified: LINQ to ADO.NET includes: LINQ to DataSet LINQ to Entities LINQ to SQL (formerly DLinq) LINQ support for other data types includes: LINQ to XML (formerly XLinq) LINQ Read More... Posted Thursday, June 22, 2006 1:47 AM by Fabrice Marguerie | 1 Comments

• ADO.NET Entity Framework documents are back (ADO.NET vNext)

  The original articles about the ADO.NET Entity Framework didn't stay online very long, but this time, two official documents are available: The ADO.NET Entity Framework Overview Next-Generation Data Access (Making the conceptual level real) These documents Read More... Posted Saturday, June 17, 2006 1:52 AM by Fabrice Marguerie | 2 Comments

• Bye bye DLinq, Hello Linq for Sql and the ADO.NET Entity Framework!

  Some of you may have read the documents on ADO.NET 3.0 and the Entity Framework when they were published, before they were promptly removed. The big question since that time has been: What will happen to DLinq in regard to the future of ADO.NET, which Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 13, 2006 1:18 AM by Fabrice Marguerie | 2 Comments

• Using LINQ/DLINQ with ASP.NET by Scott Guthrie

  Scott Guthrie, General Manager within Microsoft's Developer Division and well-known for his weblog on ASP.NET, has started a great series of posts on using Linq in web applications. Currently, two parts are available: Using LINQ with ASP.NET Using DLINQ Read More... Posted Thursday, June 08, 2006 7:02 PM by Fabrice Marguerie | 0 Comments

• Viewing the SQL generated by DLinq

  As demonstrated by Sahil in the last issue of his Demystifying DLinq series , you can get see the SQL DLinq would execute for a given query at debug-time using the built-in Query Visualizer: This useful little tool can also run the SQL query and show Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 07, 2006 4:15 PM by Fabrice Marguerie | 0 Comments

• Blogging about LINQ

  If you wish to blog about the LINQ, XLINQ, DLINQ technologies, just drop me a note and I can setup an account for you on this site. Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 07, 2006 11:40 AM by Fabrice Marguerie | 0 Comments

• Demystifying C# 3.0, Linq and DLinq by Sahil Malik

  Sahil Malik has posted a great "Demystifying" Linq series on his weblog . He started with seven parts on Demystifying C# 3.0 , and continues with a Demystifying DLinq new series. Interesting quick reads to get you started with things like lambda expressions, Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 07, 2006 11:32 AM by Fabrice Marguerie | 0 Comments

• Jon Udell interviews Anders Hejlsberg

  Jon Udell hosts a 50-minute screencast with Anders Hejlsberg , Microsoft Distinguished Engineer and lead architect of C#, joined by Paul Vick, Technical Lead on the Visual Basic .NET product. Topics covered in the screencast include the new join syntax, Read More... Posted Friday, June 02, 2006 12:22 PM by Fabrice Marguerie | 0 Comments