>I empathize with your problems with LINQ. And they don't make it any easier in that VB is slightly different from C# in what you can and cannot and should and should not do.
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Well thanks.... Just thought I'd whine a little. :)

>I would suggest:
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>Don't waste time with Linq to SQL.

I did not.


>It is a dead end Learn EF.

I will ... but have not had the opportunity yet; My backend is an access db, and I'm perfectly happy generating my sqls in VB string variables passed ado.net.

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>Linq to Objects and Linq to Entities can be very useful.

I agree. .