Combining Sub Queries Into 1 Query Linq - linq

Question

Is there a way I can rewrite the following query to make it just one query?
try
{
var fileIds = (from f in context.SignalTo
where f.SignalFileID == 2
select new { f.GFileID }).ToList();
foreach (var id in fileIds)
{
var pp = (from p in context.ProjectFiles
where p.FileID == id.GFileID && p.ProjectID == ProjectID
select p);
if (pp != null)
{
ProjectFiles projectFile =(ProjectFiles) pp;
projectFile.MStatus = Status;
projectFile.DateLastUpdated = DateTime.Now;
context.SaveChanges();
}
}
}

Answer 1

You can combine the two query parts of your code into one.
You would then need to loop over the result set, making your updates. You would then call context.SaveChanges to submit all changes in one batch.
I can't tell if your existing code actually runs or compiles, but you need something like this:
Get the list of file ids you're interested in:
var fileIds = from f in context.SignalTo
where f.SignalFileID == 2
select f.GFileID;
fileIds is at this point an IQueryable where I assume T is an Int. No query has been excuted yet.
Now you can do
var pps = from p in context.ProjectFiles
where fileIds.Contains(p.FileID) && p.ProjectID == ProjectID
select p;
Still no query executed.
Then iterate over the result set
foreach( var pp in pps ) // query executed now
{
pp.MStatus = Status;
pp.DateLastUpdated = DateTime.Now;
}
context.SaveChanges(); // batch of updates executed now