>>BTW: LINQ is somewhat similar to VFP's DML (or T-SQL for that matter), but it is also quite different in a lot of ways, because it operates based on objects. This includes data sets, but it also includes a ton of other things. It isn't a complete replacement of the VFP DML (nor is it meant to be), but on the other hand, it has tons of additional features.
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>The 'quite different' part is what immediately soured my opinion of what I thought was going to be something VFP-like. I looked at some syntax examples and realized that now we get to learn another quite different way to get data from a table (yes - LINQ apparently gets data from other sources too).
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>I learned data handling in dBase, FoxBase, FoxPro, VFP, T-SQL, and I'm fighting the curve up to .NET. I had hopes that what I heard about data handling being VFP-like was going to happen, but it looks like LINQ is just another lanquage.
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>No offense intended by the way - I guess I'm just looking for something that LINQ isn't.



Yes, you are absolutely right. Just because one knows SELECT syntax, one does not know LINQ syntax. It is helpful to know T-SQL, but there is a learning curve...


Markus