I am creating a result object from my query, something like this:
var result = from m in MyTable
join r in some_more_tables
select new ResultSummmary
{
Description = m.Description,
start_date = r.start_dat
};
But based on some condition before I get to this query and SELECT NEW, I want to be able to flex what I put in its Description filed, currently it is always m.Description but sometimes I want it to be a static text like "Hospital" and the rest of the times I want it to be m.Description as it is now.
How can we write it that way to be flexible?
Let's pretend the condition is stored in a variable called condition. This would allow you to write the following
var result = from m in MyTable
join r in some_more_tables
select new ResultSummmary
{
Description = condition ? m.Description : "Hospital",
start_date = r.start_dat
};
select new ResultSummmary
{
Description = someBool ? m.Description : "Hospital",
start_date = r.start_dat
};
Related
I see Dynamic linq in below link:
ScottGu
I want to use this method to select a dynamic query like this:
I have a complex select and this way not solve my problem,
this is my select:
Select sUserName,sname, sFamily,sMobail,sid,sNumberSt,sActive,sPic,sDate from Student where {0} order by sid desc";
which {0} is a complex Condition:
sname like %somthing% and susername=N'something' and sid in (select sidfk from tablex where userteacher=N'name1')
and this condition is passed to method.
I must say that:
I don's know my condition,my condition specified with user search params.this condition that I say,Is only one example of what I want to do.
How can I do this?
Only way that solve my problem:
I send tow parameters instead of one,one for student and one for tablex:
var az = db.tablex.Where(p => p.userteacher== name1)
.Select(p => p.sidfk).ToList();
var query = db.Students.Where(textSearch).Where(s=>az.Contains(s.sid)).OrderByDescending(s => s.sid)
.Select(s => new
{
s.sUserName,
s.sname,
s.sFamily,
s.sMobail,
s.sid,
s.sNumberSt,
s.sActive,
s.sPic,
s.sDate,
});
wiche textSearch is :
sname like %somthing% and susername=N'something'
with dynamic linq
any better way is exist?
You don't need to use dynamic linq for this situation.
string paramA = "", paramB = "";
var query = from x in context.table1
where x.name == paramA
where context.table2.Where(y => y.field1 == paramB).Any(y => y.id == x.id)
select x;
Dynamic Linq usually use if in query you don't know what field will be use, so in your sample you use only params for conditions with field, so you don't ned dynamic linq
you can little optimize you query like this
var query = from student in db.Students
join teacher in db.tablex on student.sid equals teacher.sidfk
where student.sname.Contains('somthing') &&
susername=='something' &&
teacher.userteacher=='name1'
orderby s.sid descending
select new
{
s.sUserName,
s.sname,
s.sFamily,
s.sMobail,
s.sid,
s.sNumberSt,
s.sActive,
s.sPic,
s.sDate,
};
How we can write a LINQ query for following select sql query:
string brandid="1,2,3"
string bodystyleid="1,2,3"
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select * from car
where brandid in (brandid)
and bodystyleid in (brandid)
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My specific requirement is that if brandid or bodystyleid is blank(if user does not select
any checkbox of a particular search option) query should return all record for that particular where condition.
Please guide me.
Thanks,
Paul
In order to fulfil your requirement about returning all items if none are specified, you need to check for the lists being empty.
var brands = brandid.Split(',').Select(x => Int32.Parse(x));
var styles = bodystyleid.Split(',').Select(x => Int32.Parse(x));
var result = from c in car
where (!brands.Any() || brands.Contains(c.brandid))
&& (!styles.Any() || styles.Contains(c.bodystyleid))
select c;
(similar to sgmoore's solution, but includes the check for no brand/style specified)
I've not actually checked how this gets converted back to SQL - it may be more efficient to use a flag to indicate whether there are any values:
var brands = ....; // As above
bool anyBrands = brands.Any()
var result = from c in car
where (!anyBrands || brands.Contains(c.brandid))
.....
Is bodystyleid meant to check brandid or bodystyleid? (I am assuming bodystyleid, however have wrote the query to match the query in the question (brandid))
As a start you could do:
var results = (from c in car
where c.brandid.Contains(brandid)
&& c.bodystyleid.Contains(brandid)
select c).ToList();
var brandids = brandid .Split(',').Select(n => int.Parse(n)).ToList();
var bodyStyleids = bodystyleid.Split(',').Select(n => int.Parse(n)).ToList();
var results =
(from c in car where
brandids.Contains(c.brandid) &&
bodyStyleids.Contains(c.bodystyleid)
select c
).ToList();
the Ids you have are as strings with comma delimiter, you need them to be collections like List of the same type as your Ids of the Car table, so if brandid column is int then brandids has to be List<long>, then you can do
var results = (
from c in cars
where brandids.Contains(c.brandid) && bodystyleid.Contains(c.bodystyleid)
select c).ToList();
I am trying to write a linq query that will only return certain columns from my entity object into a list object.
Below is my code which produces an error(can't implicitly convert a generic list of anonymous types to a generic list of type TBLPROMOTION):
IQueryable<TBLPROMOTION> matches = webStoreContext.TBLPROMOTION.Include("TBLSTORE").Include("LKPROMOTIONTYPE");
List<TBLPROMOTION> promotionInfo = null;
promotionInfo = (from p in matches
orderby p.PROMOTION_NM descending
select new { p.EFFECTIVE_DT, p.EXPIRE_DT, p.IS_ACTIVE,
p.PROMOTION_DESC, p.PROMOTION_ID, p.PROMOTION_NM }).ToList();
What would be the best way to accomplish this. I do not want to do a "select p" in this case and return all the columns associated with the query.
thanks in advance,
Billy
Can't you do var promotionInfo = () and get a list of anonymous types?
Okay, basically you can not cast an Anonymous type to a known type like TBLPROMOTION.
ofcourse, you can say var promotionInfo = and then get an IEnumerable<{Anonymoustype}> and use that to do, what you were wanting to do with promotionInfo.
Also, personally I prefer the Fluent version of a linq query, easy on the eyes, good programming diet, at least for me :)
var promotionInfo = matches
.OrderByDescending( p => p.PROMOTION_NM)
.Select( p => new { p.EFFECTIVE_DT,
p.EXPIRE_DT,
p.IS_ACTIVE,
p.PROMOTION_DESC,
p.PROMOTION_ID,
p.PROMOTION_NM})
.ToList();
If you're moving from a L2E query to a Type already defined, you may need a step between. I haven't tried to compile this but something like:
List<TBLPROMOTION> promotions = new List<TBLPROMOTION>();
var results = from p in matches
orderby p.PROMOTION_NM descending
select new
{
p.EFFECTIVE_DT,
p.EXPIRE_DT,
p.IS_ACTIVE,
p.PROMOTION_DESC,
p.PROMOTION_ID,
p.PROMOTION_NM
};
foreach (var v in results)
{
promotions.Add(new TBLPROMOTION(v.EFFECTIVE_DT, v.EXPIRE_DT, v.IS_ACTIVE,
v.PROMOTION_DESC, v.PROMOTION_ID, v.PROMOTION_NM));
}
Based on the comment below, you might try something like:
foreach(var v in results)
{
TBLPROMOTION temp = new TBLPROMOTION();
temp.EFFECTIVE_DT = v.EFFECTIVE_DT;
temp.EXPIRE_DT = v.EXPIRE_DT;
temp.IS_ACTIVE = v.IS_ACTIVE
// Assign Other Properties
promotions.Add(temp);
}
.......
Sorry: Just read the addition to the top.
Are you sure that none of the fields you're leaving out (instead of saying "select p") are required for a TBLPROMOTION object? Also, sense your TBLPROMOTION object is going to have properties (and therefore memory allocated) for those skipped fields, why not just use an annonymous type or set up a helper class that contains only your needed properties?
#Billy, following code worked for me.
List<TBLPROMOTION> promotionInfo =
(from p in matches
orderby p.PROMOTION_NM descending
select new TBLPROMOTION(p.EFFECTIVE_DT, p.EXPIRE_DT, p.IS_ACTIVE,
p.PROMOTION_DESC, p.PROMOTION_ID, p.PROMOTION_NM)
).ToList();
did you try
select new TBLPROMOTION {.....
instead of
select new {.....
List<TBLPROMOTION> promotionInfo = null;
promotionInfo = (from p in matches
orderby p.PROMOTION_NM descending
select new TBLPROMOTION { COL1 = p.EFFECTIVE_DT, COL2 = p.EXPIRE_DT, COL3 = p.IS_ACTIVE... }).ToList();
Where COL1, COL2, ... are the names of the properties on TBLPROMOTION you wish you populate.
If you want a subset of the table you have 2 options:
#Fredou mentioned select new TBLPROMOTION{...}
other way is to create a custom DTO which has the exact properties & select them instead like:
List promotionInfo = ...
select new TBLPROMOTION_DTO{
Effective_dt = ...
}
HTH
I have this fragment of code:
SmsDataClassesDataContext dc = new SmsDataClassesDataContext();
// Get the customer
Customer currentCustomer = dc.Customers.Single( c => c.Hash1 == forThisHash );
// Get from Name (LINQ to XML)
var q = from c in thisSmsPack.Descendants("from")
select c;
string from = q.First().Value;
foreach ( XElement element in thisSmsPack.Descendants("to") )
{
// Create the queue
SmsQueue sq = new SmsQueue();
sq.CustomerId = currentCustomer.CustomerId;
sq.MsgFrom = from;
sq.MsgTo = element.Attribute("name").Value;
sq.MsgPhone = element.Attribute("phone").Value;
sq.MsgBody = element.Attribute("msg").Value;
sq.Priority = currentCustomer.SendsSmsAtPriority;
sq.DontSendUntil = GetNextSendDate();
// sq.TimeCreated = System.DateTime.Now;
currentCustomer.SmsQueues.Add(sq);
}
dc.SubmitChanges();
I am creating new instances of "SmsQueues", populating the values and when the foreach loop is finished I submit the changes. Given the new lambda/linq/anonymous types that .NET 3.5 has, is there a more "modern" way to accomplish the above?
As a side question, maybe related, can I return an existing type composed of different columns in the select part of the linq expression?
Suppose you have three tables:
T1 == T1.Id, T1.Name
T2 == T2.Id, T2.Phone
T3 == T3.Name, T3.Phone, T3.SomethingElse
Can I perform a LINQ query that returns:
T1.Name, T2.Phone, SomethingElseNew
And let .NET know that that is of Type T3 (and it's a new instance of it)?
That way when I SubmitChanges, new T3 instances are inserted in the DB?
I don't know if I make myself clear :S
I don't have a system available to test this, but I think this (or something very close) should work.
CustomerId = currentCustomer.CustomerId;
var sqrange = from element in thisSmsPack.Descendants("to") )
select new SmsQueue
{
// Create the queue
MsgFrom = from,
MsgTo = element.Attribute("name").Value,
MsgPhone = element.Attribute("phone").Value,
MsgBody = element.Attribute("msg").Value,
Priority = currentCustomer.SendsSmsAtPriority,
DontSendUntil = GetNextSendDate()
// TimeCreated = System.DateTime.Now
};
currentCustomer.SmsQueues.AddRange(sqrange);
EDIT: Fixed the numerous syntax errors (as delineated in the comments)
You could do something like this (syntax may be off slightly, no intellisense here):
var q = T1.Join(T2, t => t.Id, t2 => t2.Id)
select new T3{Name=t.Name,Phone=t2.Phone,SomethingElseNew="Chickens"};
What do I put in my order by?? I want to order by Name. I have moved the orderby after the distinct because I read that it needs to be done last.
var result = (from r in db.RecordDocs
where r.RecordID == recordID
select new
{
DocTypeID = r.Document.DocType.DocTypeID,
Name = r.Document.DocType.Name,
Number = r.Document.DocType.Number
}
).Distinct().OrderBy( );
Just do
.OrderBy(doc => doc.Name)
Another option, if you really prefer the query expression syntax would be to chain your query construction across multiple statements:
var query = from r in db.RecordDocs
where r.RecordID == recordID
select new
{
DocTypeID = r.Document.DocType.DocTypeID,
Name = r.Document.DocType.Name,
Number = r.Document.DocType.Number
};
query = query.Disctinct();
query = from doc in query orderby doc.Name select doc;
Since all of these methods are deferred, this will result in the exact same execution performance.