If you’re trying to retrieve distinct rows from your ADO.NET data table using code like

From oRow As DataRow In dtTable.Rows Select oRow Distinct

or

(From oRow As DataRow In dtTable.Rows Select oRow).Distinct()

You may find that rows that are being return are not unique. That’s because by default LINQ compares table rows by reference. If you need to compare by actual values – use DataRowComparer in Distinct method call:

(From oRow As DataRow In dtTable.Rows Select oRow).Distinct(DataRowComparer.Default)