A Bird’s Eye View of the LINQ Library – Part 1 In this series of articles we will explore the LINQ library. In this firrst part of this series of articles, we will cover the following points:- The System.Linq Namespace The System.Data.Linq Namespace Exceptions in the System.Data.Linq Namespace Enumerations in the System.Data.Linq Namespace Working with the LINQ Library The LINQ...

Applying LINQ over CSV files In this article we will discuss how we can apply LINQ over CSV files. Validating column structure in CSV files A comma separated (CSV) file contains all data in text format. Accessing CSV files programmatically could prove a nightmare if the file does not have proper structure or if it fails to adhere the type...

Generic Collections in C# Generic collections were introduced in the .NET Framework 2.0. They provide a type safe approach for working with collections in .NET. The later versions added querying capabilities to these generic collections what we know as LINQ queries. There are two primary interfaces that every generic collection actually implements. They are the IEnumerable<T> interface and IQueryable<T> interface....