The XML datatype in SQL Server allows you to store, process and query XML rather easily. There are some caveats, however: You can not compare or order by an XML data type field in SQL Server Entity Framework does not support the XML data type, so your XML field will be converted to a string Continue reading →
LINQ (Language-Integrated Query) is a part of the C# and Visual Basic .NET languages that lets you “query” data collections, databases and XML documents (and anything else that you write a custom LINQ provider for). The syntax will feel very familiar to anyone who has experience writing SQL queries. SQL allows for the creation and Continue reading →