Where in clause using linq - linq

Question

trying to convert a query which has 2 levels of where in clauses to linq and getting some errors. Can anybody help me on this?
Original Query:
select id
from student
where suId
in (select suId
from subjects
where cid
in (select id
from chapters
where chapter='C203'))
LINQ query:
var query = (from s in dc.students
let subs = (from su in dc.subjects
where su.cid == Convert.ToInt32(from c in dc.Chapters
where c.chapter == 'Ç203'
select c.id) //Single chapter id will be returned
select su.suid)
where subs.Contains(s.sid)
select s.id).ToArray();
Am getting below 2 errors while compiling app
'System.Linq.IQueryable' does not contain a definition for 'Contains' and the best extension method overload 'System.Linq.ParallelEnumerable.Contains(System.Linq.ParallelQuery, TSource)' has some invalid arguments
Instance argument: cannot convert from 'System.Linq.IQueryable' to 'System.Linq.ParallelQuery'

Answer 1

Since Linq is lazy-loading everything you don't need to cram everything into a single statement; you can do something like this:
var chapterIds = dc.Chapters
.Where(c => c.Chapter == "C023")
.Select(c => c.Id);
var subjectIds = dc.Subjects
.Where(s => chapterIds.Contains(s.Cid))
.Select(s => s.Suid);
var students = dc.Students
.Where(s => subjectIds.Contains(s.Suid))
.Select(s => s.Sid)
.ToArray();
This way you can debug each subquery by looking at what it returns.
However, looking at your original select you can rewrite the whole thing as a Join and get rid of the bugging issue:
var students = dc.Chapters.Where(c => c.Chapter == "C023")
.Join(dc.Subjects,
c => c.Id,
s => s.Cid,
(chapter, subject) => subject)
.Join(dc.Students,
subj => subj.Suid,
student => student.Suid,
(subj, st) => st.Sid)
.ToArray();