What is the difference between these 2 XML LINQ Queries?

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Published on 2010-03-08T10:43:50Z Indexed on 2010/03/08 10:51 UTC
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I have the 2 following LINQ queries and I haven't quite got my head around LINQ so what is the difference between the 2 approaches below?

Is there a circumstance where one approach is better than another?

ChequeDocument.Descendants("ERRORS").Where(x=>(string)x.Attribute("D") == "").Count();

    (from x in ChequeDocument.Descendants("ERRORS") where
                            (string)x.Attribute("D") == ""
                            select x).Count())

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