Using Linq in .net framework 2.0?

Question

I made an application in .net framework 4.0, visual studio 2010, but due to some reason i changed the framework from 4.0 to 2.0 but now i am getting error that

The type or namespace name 'Linq' does not exist in the namespace 'System' (are you 
missing an assembly reference?)

LINQ is very much used in this project, now i want to know that is there any way to use LINQ with .net 2.0.Need help.Thanks.

Short answer is yes, if you include the DLLs. This question has an answer that explains this to you: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3348348/is-there-a-way-to-use-linq-query-syntax-with-net-3-0-projects — Chris Dixon, Apr 09 '13 at 12:36

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 09 '13 at 12:37

9

Linq is not supported in dotnet 2.0

answered Apr 09 '13 at 12:37

Noone

395
1
4
17

-1 because there are ways to make it work even on .NET 2.0. See linked answers / questions – Daniel Hilgarth Apr 09 '13 at 12:38
This is a hackish unsupported way – Noone Apr 09 '13 at 13:00
1

+1. This answer is right to the point. (Yes, there are workarounds but they are just what they are - _workarounds_) – Sandman4 Jan 08 '14 at 13:36

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 09 '13 at 12:41

5

You can use LinqBridge, which provides an alternative implementation of the Linq to Objects operators. (note: it works only for Linq to Objects, not for Linq to XML or Linq to XML...)

answered Apr 09 '13 at 12:41

Thomas Levesque

286,951
70
623
758

Using Linq in .net framework 2.0?

2 Answers2