1⟩ What is the extension of the file, when LINQ to SQL is used?
The extension of the file is .dbml
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“LINQ Interview Questions and Answers will guide us now that Language Integrated Query (LINQ) is a Microsoft .NET Framework component that adds native data querying capabilities to .NET languages. LINQ defines a set of method names called standard query operators, or standard sequence operators, along with translation rules from so-called query expressions to expressions using these method names, so learn more abut LINQ with the help of this LINQ Interview Questions with Answers guide”
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2⟩ Why can not datareader by returned from a Web Services Method?
Because, it is not serializable
3⟩ How LINQ is beneficial than Stored Procedures?
There are couple of advantage of LINQ over stored procedures.
1. Debugging - It is really very hard to debug the Stored procedure but as LINQ is part of .NET, you can use visual studio's debugger to debug the queries.
2. Deployment - With stored procedures, we need to provide an additional script for stored procedures but with LINQ everything gets complied into single DLL hence deployment becomes easy.
3. Type Safety - LINQ is type safe, so queries errors are type checked at compile time. It is really good to encounter an error when compiling rather than runtime exception!
4⟩ What is LINQ?
It stands for Language Integrated Query. LINQ is collection of standard query operators that provides the query facilities into .NET framework language like C# , VB.NET.
5⟩ How are Standard Query Operators implemented in LINQ?
Standard Query Operators are implemented as extension methods in .NET Framework. These Standard Query Operators can be used to work with any collection of objects that implements the IEnumerable interface. A class that inherits from the IEnumerable<t> interface must provide an enumerator for iterating over a collection of a specific type. All arrays implement IEnumerable<t>. Also, most of the generic collection classes implement IEnumerable<t> interface.
6⟩ What is Linq to SQL Deferred Loading?
(C#) - Deferred Loading is a property of Linq to sql, by default it is set true,
Example – Let’s have two tables -
Blogs Table (BlogID ,Blog Name,owner) and Post table ( PostID, BlogID, Title, Body)
To find Name and No’s of posts in each blog:
BlogDataContext ctx = new BlogDataContext( );
var query = from b in ctx.Blogs select b;
foreach (Blog b in query)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0} has {1} posts", b.BlogName,
b.Posts.Count);
}
Output of queries Produce Blog name with no’s of post, But For each Blog Looping will be occurs (in case long list of blogs) that’s reduces Overall Performance that’s called the Deferred loading.
7⟩ What is the LINQ file extension that interacts with Code Behinds objects?
The extension of the file is .dbml
8⟩ Why cant datareader be returned from a Web Services Method?
Because datareader is not serializable.
9⟩ What is the use of System.XML.XLinq.dll?
System.XML.XLinq.dll contains classes to provide functionality to use LINQ with XML.
10⟩ What are the three main components of LINQ or Language INtegrated Query?
1. Standard Query Operators
2. Language Extensions
3. LINQ Providers
11⟩ What are Benefits and Advantages of LINQ?
Benefits and Advantages of LINQ are:
1. Makes it easier to transform data into objects.
2. A common syntax for all data.
3. Strongly typed code.
4. Provider integration.
5. Reduction in work.
6. Performance in the general case doesn't become an issue.
7. Built-in security.
8. LINQ is declarative.
12⟩ Difference between LINQ and Stored Procedures?
There are couple of advantage of LINQ over stored procedures.
1. Debugging - It is really very hard to debug the Stored procedure but as LINQ is part of .NET, you can use visual studio's debugger to debug the queries.
2. Deployment - With stored procedures, we need to provide an additional script for stored procedures but with LINQ everything gets complied into single DLL hence deployment becomes easy.
3. Type Safety - LINQ is type safe, so queries errors are type checked at compile time. It is really good to encounter an error when compiling rather than runtime exception!
4. PreCompiled - Stored Procedures are precompiled, and LINQ queries need to compile before execution. So stored procedures are fast in performance.
13⟩ Why Select clause comes after from clause in LINQ?
The reason is, LINQ is used with C# or other programming languages, which requires all the variables to be declared first. From clause of LINQ query just defines the range or conditions to select records. So that’s why from clause must appear before Select in LINQ.
14⟩ What is the LINQ file extension that interacts with Code Behind objects.
its .dbml
15⟩ What is a Lambda expression?
A Lambda expression is nothing but an Anonymous Function, can contain expressions and statements. Lambda expressions can be used mostly to create delegates or expression tree types. Lambda expression uses lambda operator => and read as 'goes to' operator.
Left side of this operator specifies the input parameters and contains the expression or statement block at the right side.
Example: myExp = myExp/10;
Now, let see how we can assign the above to a delegate and create an expression tree:
delegate int myDel(int intMyNum);
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//assign lambda expression to a delegate:
myDel myDelegate = myExp => myExp / 10;
int intRes = myDelegate(110);
Console.WriteLine("Output {0}", intRes);
Console.ReadLine();
//Create an expression tree type
//This needs System.Linq.Expressions
Expression<myDel> myExpDel = myExp => myExp /10;
}
No te:
The => operator has the same precedence as assignment (=) and is right-associative.
Lambdas are used in method-based LINQ queries as arguments to standard query operator methods such as Where.
16⟩ What is the use of System.Data.DLinq.dll?
System.Data.DLinq.dll provides functionality to work with LINQ to SQL.
17⟩ Which assembly represents the core LINQ API?
System.Query.dll assembly represents the core LINQ API.
18⟩ Which classs extension methods are used in LINQ to SQL?
1. System.Linq.Enumerable
2. System.Linq.Queryable
3. None of these
19⟩ What is the benefit of using LINQ on Dataset?
The main aim of using LINQ to Dataset is to run strongly typed queries on Dataset.
Suppose we want to combine the results from two Datasets, or we want to take a distinct value from the Dataset, then it is advisable to use LINQ.
Normally you can use the SQL queries to run on the database to populate the Dataset, but you are not able to use SQL query on a Dataset to retrieve a particular values. To get this you need to use ADO.NET functionalities. But, in case of LINQ, it provides more dignified way of querying the Dataset and provides some new features as compared to ADO.NET.
20⟩ What is Difference between XElement and XDocument?
Both are the classes defined by System.Xml.Linq namespace
XElement class represents an XML fragment
XDocument class represents an entire XML document with all associated meta-data.
example:
XDocument d = new XDocument(
new XComment("hello"),
new XElement("book",
new XElement("bookname", "ASP.NET"),
new XElement("authorname", "techmedia"),
)
);
