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The LINQ between XML and databases: a gentle introduction
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Authors:

Suzanne W. Dietrich,

Mahesh Chaudhari Authors Info & Affiliations

Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Volume 25, Issue 4

• April 2010 • pp 158–164

Published: 01 April 2010

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Abstract
The Language INtegrated Query (LINQ) provides a unified paradigm for querying relations and XML. LINQ's query
comprehension syntax is SQL-like and provides a natural pathway for students to use to explore the XML and
database connection. This paper describes a suite of exercises for using LINQ to query a relational database
returning XML results, to query XML, and to transform the structure of one XML document to another.

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