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January 2007 - Posts

• LINQ to XSD - Typed XML programming with LINQ

  I haven't written about LINQ to XSD yet on this blog. So, here goes... LINQ to XML has been revealed with the first versions of LINQ. It was known as XLinq at that time. LINQ to XML allows querying and creating XML trees and documents. The limitation Read More... Posted Monday, January 15, 2007 7:45 PM by admin | 3 Comments

• Visual Studio Orcas January 2007 CTP

  The new pre-release of Visual Studio "Orcas" is now available! Here is what concerns LINQ in this CTP: ADO.NET is fully integrated with LINQ and offers many options for using LINQ in various scenarios: LINQ to SQL provides direct access to database tables Read More... Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 6:43 PM by Fabrice Marguerie | 0 Comments

• Wes Dyers' reports from the C# compiler front

  If you are the kind of guy fascinated by the C# language and LINQ who wants to know more about what's happening under the hood and how Microsoft is building these new toys, you should read Wes Dyer's blog . Wes is a developer on the C# compiler team. Read More... Posted Monday, January 08, 2007 12:32 PM by Fabrice Marguerie | 0 Comments

• Converting a CSV file to XML using LINQ to XML and Functional Construction

  Steve has published on his blog a sample from the book we are working on together. This example shows how LINQ to XML makes it easy to convert a CSV file into an XML document. Going from CSV to XML doesn't require something more complicated than this: Read More... Posted Monday, January 08, 2007 11:12 AM by Fabrice Marguerie | 1 Comments

• Hooked on LINQ

  Troy Magennis has started a community resource web site about LINQ: Hooked on LINQ . I've uploaded and started to prime content on what I hope will become the community repository for all things LINQ related. My motivation is simple; I want one place Read More... Posted Friday, January 05, 2007 10:10 PM by Fabrice Marguerie | 3 Comments