The release of Visual Studio 2008 updates Visual Basic to version 9.0, with several key language enhancements and LINQ support. Part Two of this series will walk you through VB 9's new LINQ support features and other time-saving enhancements.
by Wei-Meng Lee
March 18, 2008
ith the release of Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft has also updated the VB language to the latest version, 9.0. VB 9.0 boasts several key language enhancements that have been made to support the new Language Integrated Query (LINQ) feature that Microsoft has announced earlier. Part 2 of this series picks up where Part 1 left off, walking you through VB 9.0's new LINQ support features and providing code examples that illustrate how to use them.
LINQ
One of the key additions to the .NET Framework v3.5 is the support for Language Integrated Query (LINQ). LINQ allows you to manipulate data just like you manipulate database records—using a query language, like SQL. So, whereas before you had to write complex iterative loops to retrieve data, you can now just specify data declaratively using LINQ and the compiler does all the work for you.
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ith the release of Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft has also updated the VB language to the latest version, 9.0. VB 9.0 boasts several key language enhancements that have been made to support the new Language Integrated Query (LINQ) feature that Microsoft has announced earlier. Part 2 of this series picks up where 
