Chapter 1. LINQ Introduction
By surfing the web, you can find several descriptions of Microsoft Language Integrated Query (LINQ), including these:
LINQ provides a uniform programming model for any kind of data. With it, you can query and manipulate data by using a consistent model that is independent of data sources.
LINQ is another tool for embedding SQL queries into code.
LINQ is another data abstraction layer.
All these descriptions are correct to a degree, but each focuses on only a single aspect of LINQ. LINQ is much easier to use than a “uniform programming mode”; it can do much more than embed SQL queries; and it is far from being just another data abstraction layer.
What Is LINQ?
LINQ is a programming model that introduces queries as a first-class ...
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