ADO.NET, LINQ, DataSet and other fun .NET technology : LINQ to DataSet

Tech Ed

Erick Thompson — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:28:00 GMT

I'm currently down in sunny Orlando, getting ready for Tech Ed (or is it TechEd? That dot between letters is a very odd thing). I'm going to be presenting on LINQ to DataSet, and Understanding the Entity Framework. As usual, I have far too much material...(read more)

LINQ to DataSet - LinqDataView and indexes

Erick Thompson — Mon, 19 May 2008 22:37:00 GMT

Index usage One of the features of the DataView that often gets overlooked is its ability to very quickly find a DataRow (or multiple DataRows) by an index value. The index is built on the sort criteria, so if you sort based on the last name column, the...(read more)

EnumerableRowCollection Type

Erick Thompson — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:40:00 GMT

If you've been playing with LINQ to DataSet, you may have noticed the EnumerableRowCollection type. For example, if you have a query like the following, the type of query is EnumerableRowCollection. var query = from row in ds.Tables[0].AsEnumerable()...(read more)

LINQ to DataSet Data Binding – LinqDataView Restriction Joins

Erick Thompson — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:39:00 GMT

LINQ To DataSet Data Binding – LinqDataView restriction joins In previous episodes In the last post I made on LINQ To DataSet Binding, I talked about how to create a LinqDataView. I’m going to spend some time today talking about some of the interesting...(read more)

LINQ to DataSet Data Binding – Introducing LinqDataView

Erick Thompson — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 23:22:00 GMT

It's long overdue, but I finally was able to finish a few more posts on this series. Let me know if you find it helpful, and what you would like to see more of! Why DataView? As mentioned in this previous post , there are numerous options for data binding...(read more)

LINQ to DataSet – Data Binding

Erick Thompson — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:39:00 GMT

With the introduction of LINQ to DataSet there finally exists a full featured query language for the DataSet. Now your ability to query your data is limited only by CLR, which is no small thing! For an introduction on LINQ to DataSet, please see this...(read more)

LINQ to DataSet WebCast (May 2, 2007) - Samples and slides

Erick Thompson — Wed, 02 May 2007 21:50:00 GMT

This morning I performed a MSDN WebCast on LINQ to DataSet. I hope it was useful for people, and that I was able to answer all the questions sufficiently. If you missed the live show, you can always catch the "TiVo" version (i.e., on demand webcast)....(read more)