>You're right - it wasn't obvious from your original post. Anyway I see you have it working :-}

Yeah. If only understood the code heheheheh .... but I eventually will. When I grow up, I'll be as (c)sharp as the next person.


>
>>I did put MS SQL as database, so I plead guilty.
>
>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>>Somebody here told me to use Linq rather the traditonial scanning through the traditional ado.net recordset to aggregate information from a database extraction.
>>>>>
>>>>>Now I'm puzzled. And I'm working in vb.net btw.
>>>>>
>>>>>This seems to work for me btw (osql.execute extracts an access query in a datatable osql.dt).
>>>>>
>>>>>

>>>>> 
>>>>>        Dim osql As New sqlClass : osql.Execute("qryBestelKK")
>>>>>        Dim orders As IEnumerable(Of DataRow) = osql.dt.AsEnumerable
>>>>>
>>>>>        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
>>>>>

>>>>>
>>>>>Can't begin to imagine why you would say Linq is dead. It is sooooo straightforward :)
>>>>>
>>>>>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.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>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)