But Marc's question was a Linq to Dataset rather than a Linq to Sql one anyway.....

>I didn't say LINQ was dead. I said LINQ to SQL is dead. Microsoft is putting it's efforts behind Entity Framework for database access. LINQ to Objects and LINQ to XML are alive and well.
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>>Somebody here told me to use Linq rather the traditonial scanning through the traditional ado.net recordset to aggregate information from a database extraction.
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>>Now I'm puzzled. And I'm working in vb.net btw.
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>>This seems to work for me btw (osql.execute extracts an access query in a datatable osql.dt).
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>>

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>>        Dim osql As New sqlClass : osql.Execute("qryBestelKK")
>>        Dim orders As IEnumerable(Of DataRow) = osql.dt.AsEnumerable
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>>        Dim test = From r In orders _
>>                   Group r By name = r.Field(Of String)("KL_Naam") _
>>                   Into g = Group Select New With {.Name = name, .total = g.Sum(Function(r) r.Field(Of Decimal)("Bestd_Waarde"))}
>>
>>        For Each r In test
>>            Console.WriteLine("name: {0} total {1}", r.Name, r.total)
>>        Next
>>

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>>Can't begin to imagine why you would say Linq is dead. It is sooooo straightforward :)
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>>BTW this is just one of the manipulation I do on that table, but the others are scalars, and they were easier to figure out.
>>
>>Thanks for caring.
>>
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>>>
>>>>Could somebody translate
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>select Kl_Nummer,ArtBtw,sum(bestd_waarde) as netto from [somtable] group by kl_nummer,ArtBtw
>>>>

>>>>
>>>>into linq?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks. Just need to see it done once, or refer me to a link (no pun intended)