Getting Started with LINQ in Visual Basic

This section contains overviews, examples, and background information that will help you understand and use Visual Basic and Language-Integrated Query (LINQ).

In This Section

• Writing Your First LINQ Query (Visual Basic)
  Describes the three stages in writing a basic LINQ query: obtaining the data source, writing the query, and executing the query.

• Basic Query Operations (Visual Basic)
  Describes the most common types of query operations and how they are expressed in Visual Basic.

• Visual Basic Features That Support LINQ
  Describes the Visual Basic language features that support LINQ, such as anonymous types and type inference.

• Type Relationships in Query Operations (Visual Basic)
  Describes how data types are preserved or transformed when queries are written and executed.

• Walkthrough: Writing Queries in Visual Basic
  Step-by-step instructions for creating a Visual Basic LINQ project, adding a simple data source, and performing some basic query operations.

Related Sections

• Introduction to LINQ in Visual Basic
  Includes an overview of queries in LINQ and provides links to additional resources.

• Overview of LINQ to XML in Visual Basic
  Describes how Visual Basic supports LINQ to XML.

• LINQ to DataSet Overview
  Provides a conceptual overview of LINQ to DataSet.

• LINQ to SQL
  Explains the LINQ to SQL technology and provides links to topics that help you use LINQ to SQL.

• Getting Started with LINQ in C#
  Provides links to topics about using LINQ in C#.

• How to: Create a LINQ Project
  Describes the .NET Framework version, references, and namespaces that are required to create LINQ projects.

• Visual Studio IDE and Tools Support for LINQ
  Describes tools that are available in the Visual Studio environment for designing, coding, and debugging LINQ-enabled applications.

• LINQ to Objects
  Includes a selection of How-to topics for using LINQ with in-memory collections.

• LINQ to XML
  Includes links to topics that explain how to use LINQ to XML, which provides the in-memory document modification capabilities of the Document Object Model (DOM), and supports LINQ query expressions.

• LINQ Samples
  Provides links to topics that explain the LINQ samples.

• LINQ (Language-Integrated Query)
  Provides links to topics that explain the LINQ technologies.