What's the Linq to SQL equivalent to TOP or LIMIT/OFFSET?

Question

How do I do this

Select top 10 Foo from MyTable

in Linq to SQL?

Answer 1

Use the Take method:

var foo = (from t in MyTable
           select t.Foo).Take(10);

In VB LINQ has a take expression:

Dim foo = From t in MyTable _
          Take 10 _
          Select t.Foo

From the documentation:

Take enumerates source and yields elements until count elements have been yielded or source contains no more elements. If count exceeds the number of elements in source, all elements of source are returned.