>But the SQL examples you give can't be used against DataTables anyway.
I do use it against datatables and it seems to work for me. I guess the IEnumerable is somehow implicit.
> Without linq all you would have is DataTable.Select to get a subset of rows or DataTable.Compute to sum things.
And you also have datable.copy().sort I have found.
All in all it's about the same functionality we used to have in DAO/ADO recordset, together with move and other.
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>Admittedly Linq to DataSet is one of the more complicated usages of Linq - but general linq usage is the same whether for this, objects, xml etc. And don't forget that a query expression can be built up over several statements for clarity.
Well good to know that not everybody runs when they see a LINQ statement. As I said earlier, when I grow up I wanna be a LINQ programmer.
Thanks and take care.
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