Microsoft LINQ LINQ to SQL

http://www.bestechvideos.com/category/databases/mssql

Videos: A series of Microsoft SQL videos with topics that include Silverlight, AJAX, ASP.NET, SQL Server, rich user interfaces, the SQL Membership provider, integrating search engine support on a website, ADO.NET, developing data driven web pages, LINQ, SQL Server 2005, XML documents, in-memory objects, and more.

The Origin of LINQ to SQL

http://blogs.msdn.com/mattwar/archive/2007/05/31/the-origin-of-linq-to-sql.aspx

Matt Warren's blog, The Wayward WebLog, discusses how he became involved in LINQ to SQL, how he helped in the development of the LINQ to SQL ORM (Object Relational Mapping), and give some insights into the development of the LINQ to SQL ORM.

Eliminate SQL Injection Attacks Painlessly w/ LINQ

http://www.devx.com/devx/article/34653?trk=dxrss_dotnet

Article: "Eliminate SQL Injection Attacks Painlessly with LINQ," by Jason Schmitt. Discusses building secure applications, SQL injection (web application security vulnerability), preventing security attacks, the anatomy of SQL injection, SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, typical SQL safeguards, an overview of LINQ, securing data access with LINQ, and LINQ security.

Introducing the Entity Framework & LINQ

http://www.ftponline.com/channels/net/reports/tech-ed/2007/rjennings2

Article: "Introducing the Entity Framework and LINQ," by Roger Jennings. Discusses the Entity Framework (EF), Language Integrated Query (LINQ), Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2008, data abstraction, the Microsoft Entity Data Model (EDM), enterprise-grade object/relational mapping (O/RM), .NET FX 3.5 classes, LINQ to Objects, LINQ to SQL, LINQ to DataSets, LINQ to Entities, LINQ to XML, and the BLINQ project.

LINQ to SQL Blog

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/09/12/slides-samples-from-my-talks-from-mix-uk-building-silverlight-apps-with-net-and-building-asp-net-app

The blog of Scott Guthrie (a product builder for Microsoft). Scott discusses LINQ to SQL topics that include an introduction to LINQ, defining Data Model classes, querying a database, updating a database, binding a user interface using the ASP:LinqDataSource control, retrieving data using stored procedures, executing custom SQL expressions, using a custom LINQ expression with the asp.LinqDataSource control, automatic properties, object initializers, collection initializers, extension methods, lambda expressions, query syntax and anonymous types.

LINQ and Entity Framework

http://oakleafblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/linq-and-entity-framework-posts-for_09.html

The blog of OakLeaf Systems, a software consulting organization specializing in Microsoft SQL Server 2005, SQL Server CE, .NET database, LINQ, ADO.NET Entity Framework and web services. Topics include LINQ to DataSets LinqDataView object, the wide finder problem with LINQ and PLINQ, changes from LINQ to SQL beta 2, changes to LINQ to XML, leveraged LINQ in ASP.NET 3.5 projects, LINQ-relayed sessions from Tech*Ed Developer 2007, and more.

Create Many-to-Many Relationships in LINQ for SQL

http://www.codeproject.com/cs/database/linq_many2many.asp

Tutorial: “Create Many-to-Many Relationships in LINQ for SQL,” by Galin Iliev. Discusses starting a new project, using code generation to create the object model, List entities using LINQ, adding many-to-many relations, and the DataContext instance.

VS: The .NET LINQ Framework Overview

http://www.microsoft.com/emea/msdnshowtime/sessionh.aspx?videoid=317

Video: "Visual Studio: The .NET Language Integrate Query (LINQ)Framework Overview," with Anders Hejlsberg (chief architect of the C# language) from msdn's ShOwtime! Discusses the LINQ Project, LINQ to Objects, C# 3.0 language innovations, LINQ to SQL and XML, demos on LINQ to SQL and XML, and LINQ architecture and components.