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I thought I would take a second and post how you can create your own Extension Method. An extension method is a specially defined method that acts like a method defined on a type. LINQ operators, like from , where , select , etc are implemented using...

Larsenal , a C9’er posted a comment on the C9 forums about the Introducing LINQ video and asked a really good question so I thought I should repost my response here. Larsenal's Question “ I've watched this video on LINQ in C#. If the type is set at...

Do you have questions, comments or thoughts on how we could improve the LINQ Project ? Please let us know! One of the key reasons to announce LINQ so early in the development cycle is to get feedback on how we can improve the product . With that goal...

...is now available on MSDN as an HTML page, the LINQ Project Overview . Huge thanks to Don and Anders (and the many, many others that contributed to this doc) as I think it's really the best overview of all of the LINQ capabilities. Read it, study it...

It’s been great seeing the (very positive) reactions to LINQ in the blogosphere. What’s amusing to me is how LINQ is like a Rorschach test for data access. If you’re unfamiliar with the Rorschach test, it’s basically a psychological test where you’re...

The LINQ Project On Tuesday September 13, 2005, Anders Hejlsberg did the first public demo of the LINQ Project in the Jim Allchin keynote. What is LINQ you might ask? LINQ stands for L anguage IN tegrated Q uery and in a nutshell, it makes...

Woohoo, PDC starts tomorrow! Check out the C# Developer Center for the full list of C# sessions and ways that you can meet the C# team live and in-person! If you're not at PDC, we'll be having an online chat later on this month (more details soon)...