December 2007 | Visual Basic Blog

Converting SQL to LINQ, Part 6: Joins (Bill Horst)

VBTeamDecember 31, 2007Dec 31, 200712/31/07

This post assumes you’ve read the previous posts in this series: Converting SQL to LINQ, Part 1: The Basics Converting SQL to LINQ, Part 2: FROM and SELECT Converting SQL to LINQ, Part 3: DISTINCT, WHERE, ORDER BY and Operators Converting SQL to LINQ, Part 4: ...

LINQ for the Web Using VB (By Paul Yuknewicz)

VBTeamDecember 27, 2007Dec 27, 200712/27/07

Happy holidays! It's been a long time since I've written a post, so I figure I can bring in the new year answering some great questions submitted by you. Just this week someone gave me this feedback: "I am having a difficult time finding information to help me adapt to LINQ in my webforms. I am hoping that someone from ...

VB Love Song for the Holidays and New Year (By MS Friends of VB)

VBTeamDecember 23, 2007Dec 23, 200712/23/07

Here's a holiday present just for you -- in keeping with what has become a holiday tradition on Channel 9 we have Chris Anderson, Don Box and now our very own Amanda Silver singing you a special holiday song. You can view the full video and sample code here on Channel9 (Thanks Jeff and C9 team!):https://channel9.msdn.com/...

Channel 9 Interview: Brian Beckman Does Higher Algebra with Visual Basic (Beth Massi)

Beth MassiDecember 19, 2007Dec 19, 200712/19/07

I just posted an interview on Channel 9 with Brian Beckman, Principal Developer (currently working with Erik Meijer), where he attempts to teach me higher algebra using Visual Basic, generics, and operator overloading. Brian is a wonderful person and brilliant physicist and we have a lot of fun with vectors and matrices and VB. I actually ...

Higher Algebra with Operator Overloads (Brian Beckman)

Beth MassiDecember 19, 2007Dec 19, 200712/19/07

Recently I did a Channel 9 interview with Beth Massi where I walked through a Visual Basic program that used Generics and Operator overloads to perform some higher mathematics. I thought I'd follow up with a post explaining the details of exactly what I did. Operator overloads with Generics enable some beautiful designs for data types in ...

Converting SQL to LINQ, Part 5: GROUP BY and HAVING (Bill Horst)

VBTeamDecember 18, 2007Dec 18, 200712/18/07

LINQ Cookbook, Recipe 12: Calculate the Standard Deviation (Doug Rothaus)

VBTeamDecember 18, 2007Dec 18, 200712/18/07

Ingredients:· Visual Studio 2008 (Beta2 or Higher) Categories: LINQ to Objects Introduction:LINQ Cookbook, Recipe 11 showed how you can use LINQ queries to perform calculations on sets of data using a set of standard aggregate functions such as Average, and Sum. In this recipe, ...

Visual Basic Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow with Paul Vick (Beth Massi)

Beth MassiDecember 17, 2007Dec 17, 200712/17/07

Scott Hanselman posted a podcast with with Paul Vick, Principal VB Architect, and Paul Yuknewicz, Senior Program Manager on the VB Team about the past, present and future of Visual Basic. Check it out!Enjoy,-Beth Massi, VS Community...

Channel 9 Interview: XML Literals Performance and Namespaces Explained (Beth Massi)

Beth MassiDecember 14, 2007Dec 14, 200712/14/07

I just posted a Channel 9 interview with Avner Aharoni, a Program Manager on the Visual Basic Team, as he dives into LINQ to XML and XML Literals in Visual Basic 9 and explains namespace bubbling and the performance gains you may see using XML Literals. This is a good interview to pay attention to if you are struggling with ...

LINQ Cookbook, Recipe 11: Desktop Search Statistics (Doug Rothaus)

VBTeamDecember 13, 2007Dec 13, 200712/13/07

Ingredients:· Visual Studio 2008 (Beta2 or Higher) Categories: LINQ to DataSet Introduction:You can use aggregate functions in LINQ queries to perform calculations on sets of data. Visual Basic includes a set of standard aggregate functions for LINQ queries: All, Any, Average, Count, ...

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