I have a products sales table that looks like this:
saleDate prod qty 10/22/09 soap 10 09/22/09 pills 05 09/25/09 soap
var q = from s in sales group s by new {saleDate = s.saleDate.ToString("MM/yy"), s.prod} into g select new { g.Key.saleDate, g.Key.prod, qty = g.Sum(s => s.qty) };