Pro LINQ in C Sharp
apparent that one of the more troublesome areas still remaining for developers is that of accessing data
from different data sources. In particular, database access and XML manipulation are often
cumbersome at best and problematic at worst.
The database problems are numerous. First, there is the issue that we cannot programmatically
interact with a database at the native language level. This means syntax errors often go undetected until
runtime. Incorrectly referenced database fields are not detected either. This can be disastrous, especially
if this occurs during the execution of error-handling code. Nothing is more frustrating than having an
entire error-handling mechanism fail because of syntactically invalid code that has never been tested.
Sometimes this is unavoidable because of unanticipated error behavior. Having database code that is
not validated at compile time can certainly lead to this problem. Continue Reading »
Pro LINQ in C Sharp
LINQ
LINQ For Dummies is your gateway to a new world — one in which you can
ask questions (programmatically) of literally anything. This book starts with
the basics. You need to discover the LINQ basics before you can begin pulling
information from Active Directory, but LINQ is so small compared to
many technologies that the basics require only a few pages. Most of this book
is about getting serious work accomplished. Continue Reading »
LINQ For Dummies
