On Dec 18, 2007 3:54 AM, Alan Bourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For once the 'ol Fox gets a mention in the context of LINQ. > http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/12/18/visual_studio_2008_review/ >
----------------------------------------------------------------- I read the article and wonder what they mean by reference. "First, LINQ is exactly what its name suggests: query extensions built into .NET languages, reminiscent of dBase and FoxPro, except that LINQ is more flexible because it can target arbitrary data sources, such as an XML document, or any enumerable .NET object. Second, LINQ to SQL is what software architect Matt Warren describes in an illuminating blog post<http://blogs.msdn.com/mattwar/archive/2007/05/31/the-origin-of-linq-to-sql.aspx>as "possibly Microsoft's first ORM <http://www.service-architecture.com/object-relational-mapping/> to actually ship in ten years of trying."" I don't see the cross over. Can you Select id, name, city from laCustomer or lXMLDocument where CustType ="Active" ? That is what linq brings to the table that was not present in the past. Granted you don't write it like that. I feel that the article was in error about the use of WPF. We are working on a major tools rewrite using WPF and WCF and Linq. It's a learning issue on how to work with a different set of controls but they bind with data very well! The article made no mention that the core of 3.5 was released in 2006 as 3.0 with addons to 2.0 named WPF, WCF, WF, and cardspace. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
