On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 2:29 PM, MB Software Solutions General Account < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Stephen Russell wrote: > >> Wasn't LINQ patterned after VFP CursorAdapters? > >> > > ------------------------------------------- > > > > No. Not ever. > > > > Linq is a search and extraction tool for a variety of inputs, one of > which > > is SQL or Back-End data. > > > > It is also used instead of parsing out XML to get values from it. You > can > > also do the same of a complex object container PurchaseOrder that has a > > single billing container, multiple line item objects and multiple shipTo > > location containers as well as a schedule container to mandate what and > when > > for the order. > > > > > Hmmm...I must be mistaken. I thought I had read where LINQ had Fox > roots somewhere. Yes, I know it had something Fox related in its > origins, at least in concept. Oh well....makes no difference now. > ---------------------------------- at best this reference which is at best that If you use Sedan you should be able to interact with .NET: < redmondmag.com/columns/article.asp?editorialsid=1166> Microsoft officials admitted earlier this year that the developer division is borrowing from FoxPro for Visual Basic 9.0 and LINQ, the Language Integrated Query add-ons that the company is developing for the next iterations of Visual Basic and Visual C#. In fact, Microsoft is so serious about its FoxPro integration efforts that it has assigned a code name to its endeavors. (Microsoft doesn't take lightly the assigning of code names.) Sedna—named for the celestial body that was discovered this year about 8 billion miles from earth—covers the company's sundry FoxPro integration efforts. The first Sedna deliverables are expected to debut in 2007. "The primary goal of Sedna is to expand on the ability of Visual FoxPro-based solutions to better integrate with other Microsoft products and technologies," according to the officially sanctioned Microsoft Visual FoxPro roadmap. "Features in Sedna will target Visual FoxPro interoperability with application components created by using Visual Studio 2005, the .NET Framework 2.0, and SQL Server 2005." Then there's this tantalizing hint: "Sedna will also help improve the ability for Visual FoxPro 9.0 solutions to be successfully deployed on the upcoming new Windows operating system Microsoft Windows Code Name 'Longhorn.'" (Perhaps they forgot they renamed it Vista?) >From another Author who I expect to state if VFP and how , * By: Markus Egger * *Visual FoxPro's (VFP) Data Manipulation Language (DML) is one of VFP's most compelling features.** It is also the most obvious feature VFP developers miss in .NET languages such as C# and Visual Basic. However, Language Integrated Query (LINQ), a new query language for .NET developers, is a new feature in the upcoming releases of C# 3.0 and Visual Basic 9.0 that addresses these shortcomings.* LINQ's core features will seem very familiar to Visual FoxPro developers. LINQ provides the ability to execute SELECT statements as part of the core .NET languages, C# and Visual Basic. Anyone familiar with Visual FoxPro's query commands or T-SQL's SELECT syntax will find familiar commands and capabilities. However, LINQ does not aim to reproduce VFP/SQL Server features exactly. Instead, LINQ provides many unique features that go much beyond simple data query capabilities. Therefore, knowing other query languages is an advantage for developers who want to take advantage of LINQ, but at the same time, I recommend not getting too hung up on whether certain things are exactly identical to standardized SELECT-syntax. LINQ is a separate language with different features and somewhat different syntax. Code Mag 2007. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
