LINQ (Language INtegrated Query) is a new addition to the .NET Framework that Microsoft will be releasing alongside the next version of Visual Studio ( Orcas ) in mid-2007. Foundations of LINQ in C# is the first book on the subject to provide a complete overview of this important emerging technology. In a fast-paced 250 pages readers are taken through all of LINQ's important features and shown how the technology can be put to practical use quickly and simply. By reading this book you will be able to get ahead of the game and be ready when the new technology breaks.