The LINQ query operators' use of deferred execution when enumerating a set of elements is responsible in part for this advantage. When a LINQ query executes, it examines the minimum amount of ...

In a talkback comment to my review, “CSharper” pointed me at one solution to finding the LINQ equivalent of a SQL “ SELECT DISTINCT ” query: tack on a LINQ .Distinct () method call to the ...

LINQ includes the Let keyword, which can simplify your queries by assigning a value to, effectively, a variable within the LINQ statement. For instance, let's say you want to find all the Orders that ...

Parallel LINQ enables you to optimize your queries by splitting them into parts so as to execute these parts in parallel and hence boost the query performance. In this article we would discuss ...

The result of the Linq operation is an IEnumerable<T> or IQueryable<T> the <T> bit is the important part, it is not something like a dataset, where the columns are general and must be referenced ...

Then, I can write a LINQ query to get the values easily enough, but I want the numerical representation of the values, so I am using the Parse method (s).

LINQ has a number of methods to help a developer create a complex query. If a third-party provider doesn’t support all these methods, the developer has to find ways around the omissions.