LINQ vs SQL

[ice91785]

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=2299988&STARTPAGE=1

 

[KLin]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_Integrated_Query

LINQ allows you to query data you have already loaded into a object in a .net application.

 

[ice91785]

The thing is I don't know a ton about SQL either....thats why I was looking for kinda a compare/contrast

 

[torpid]

As I said in the other thread... everyone should know SQL, whereas only some people should know LINQ. If you don't know SQL yet, learn it.

 

[JasonCoder]

Learn SQL, you will thank this thread for it!

 

[PhatoseAlpha]

There is no versus here - it's like apples versus the crab nebula. They're not technologies in competition.
Anyway, definitely learn SQL. If you get a nice corp job developing, expect the DBA to ensure you never ever get to use any of it, but you should know it anyway.
LINQ is new, and it's more or less a way to deal with data sets in .net languages more like you would in a proper database.