>>I know that ADO.NET is powerful. But comparing it to cursors is like comparing apples and bananas, that was my point.
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>>They are different, yes. Apples and bananas...that's a matter of opinion. A few years ago, I would have agreed, but now, can't say I agree or disagree. I can honestly say that while the features of LINQ will be very nice and welcome, I'm not suffering mightily without them. To be honest, what I'm looking forward to the most, is having SQL-like syntax for custom LIST collections.
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>I also look forward to "play" with Linq, I agree that it looks promising. What I especially like with Linq, is the "reversed" syntax to enable Intellisense to kick in at very early stage. Although I guess it will take some time to get used to the new syntax, and I guess I will mix the old and new syntax pretty often. Just like I have a tendency to write "Browse Where xxx" and "Select * from x for y" quite a lot. Too bad I can not "#define where for" or #define for where"! :-))

You probably can... but you wouldn't like the result :). Your problem would be pushed out the door, and would return backwards through the window.