Here's a nice set of How to videos for learning how to use LINQ (Language INtegrated Query) in Visual Basic (2008). Although the examples are in VB, most C# developers can easily translate them into C# syntax. All except the LINQ to XML content, which is very much different (and better IMHO) than what's available in C#. Beth Massi did a great job with these!
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You will need: Visual Studio 2008 or Visual Basic 2008 Express (Free version of Visual Studio)
#1 | How Do I: Get Started with LINQ?
(9 minutes, 14 seconds)
#2 | How Do I: Perform Group and Aggregate Queries?
(17 minutes, 22 seconds)
#3 | How Do I: LINQ over DataSets?
(9 minutes, 48 seconds)
#4 | How Do I: Get Started with LINQ to SQL?
(10 minutes, 52 seconds)
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#5 | How Do I: Create a One-To-Many Form using LINQ to SQL?
(12 minutes, 29 seconds)
#6 | How Do I: Upgrade Visual Basic Projects to Enable LINQ?
(8 minutes, 28 seconds)
#7 | How Do I: Get Started with LINQ to XML?
(14 minutes, 10 seconds)
#8 | How Do I: Enable XML IntelliSense and Use XML Namespaces?
(13 minutes, 16 seconds)
#9 | How Do I: Create XML Documents from SQL Data?
(15 minutes, 58 seconds)
#10 | How Do I: Create Excel Spreadsheets using LINQ to XML?
(10 minutes, 53 seconds)
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