>Maybe the Where method provides the Select syntax?

According to Craig in Message #1540681, VB has some helper methods for the query syntax that C# doesn't. I'm guessing the lambda query doesn't need them.

~~Bonnie


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>>>There must be a difference between VB's implementation of LINQ and C#'s implementation, because in C# I can't even write the first query without getting a compiler syntax error ("A query body must end with a select clause or a group clause").
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>>However, if I write the query using a lambda expression, I don't get the syntax error and it works:
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>>Syntax error:
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>>var query1 = (from person in dsPers.Personnel
>>              where person.firstname == "Fred").FirstOrDefault();
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>>No syntax error and it works:
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>>var query3 = dsPers.Personnel.Where(person=>person.firstname == "Fred").FirstOrDefault();
>>

>>
>>Strange ...
>>
>>~~Bonnie