Code Monkey’s Cubicle

I am a large fan of Linq when coding. I think it is a really clean and concise way to access large sets of data (whether in a database, xml, or a IList) quickly, efficiently, and in a clearly readable way.

I have been developing almost exclusively within the compact framework and while the compact framework (3.5) does not include Linq to Sql it does include Linq to XML and Linq to Objects. The problem I had was getting it to work in the compact framework.

While Imports System.Linq always failed to a lack of reference it was because there is no System.Linq.dll. The linq parts of the language are included within System.Core. Add that reference to your project and Linq will work for you.

Don’t know why it took me so long to realize this. But now I’m Linq free.

I also hear that Compact Framework 4.0 will support Linq to Sql.