I had some one ask me an interesting question about using linq with the datagridview

When I bind a datagridview to this query

Dim names() As String = {"hello11", "hello212", "hello123", "hello124", "hello2325", "hello336", "hello457"}
Dim query = From s In names _
            Order By s _
            Select s
Dim bs As New BindingSource
bs.DataSource = query
DataGridView1.DataSource = bs

Why do I get these results?

The answer the datagridview will show the properties of the class in the list bound to the datagridview.  In this case we are bound to a list of string and the only bindable property is its Length.  

If you change the query to this

Dim names() As String = {"hello11", "hello212", "hello123", "hello124", "hello2325", "hello336", "hello457"}
Dim query = From s In names _
            Order By s _
            Select New With {.Name = s}
Dim bs As New BindingSource
bs.DataSource = query
DataGridView1.DataSource = bs

You will get the expected results

I should also mention that you can not bind a datagridview to a linq query directory.  You need to bind the query to a bindingsource and bind the datagridview to the bindingsource or bind the datagridview to the queries ToList method.