C# 3.0 Unleashed: With the .NET Framework 3.5

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Chapter 19 Accessing Data with LINQ

Data has become more complex, with an ever-increasing number of systems and libraries for accessing those systems. With the growing tower of Babel in data solutions, including multivalue, object, relational, and XML, to name a few, a developer must learn how to use a multitude of libraries to figure out how to ...

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