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In this post: http://blogs.msdn.com/calvin_hsia/archive/2007/08/17/install-northwind-for-sql-express-and-use-visual-studio-and-dlinq-to-query-it.aspx I mentioned how a bug with Group By and composite keys made more local calculations. Using the...