I have the following LINQ query
QueryResult<List<PersonDemographic>> members = new QueryResult<List<PersonDemographic>>();
var query = (from ms in this.Session.Query<MemberSummary>()
where ms.NameSearch.StartsWith(firstName.ToUpper())
&& ms.NameSearch2.StartsWith(lastName.ToUpper())
select new PersonDemographic
{
FirstName = ms.FirstName.ToProperCase(),
LastName = ms.LastName.ToProperCase(),
PersonId = ms.Id,
Address = new Address
{
Line1 = ms.AddressLine1.ToProperCase(),
Line2 = ms.AddressLine2.ToProperCase(),
City = ms.City.ToProperCase(),
State = ms.State,
Zipcode = ms.Zipcode,
},
PhoneNumber = new PhoneNumber
{
Number = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(ms.PhoneNumber) ? null : Regex.Replace(ms.PhoneNumber, #"(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{4})", "$1-$2-$3")
}
});
if (this.Session.Transaction.IsActive)
{
members.Data = query.Distinct().Take(15).ToList();
}
else
{
using (var transaction = this.Session.BeginTransaction())
{
members.Data = query.Distinct().Take(15).ToList();
transaction.Commit();
}
}
The code is running under the transaction section. If I use it without a Distinct I have no problem. Adding the Distinct gives me an exception
{"Expression type 10005 is not supported by this SelectClauseVisitor."}
I can't find anything definitive. Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Paul
There are lots of things in that query that NH can't possibly know how to translate to SQL:
ToProperCase (that looks like an extension method of yours)
string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace (that's new in .NET 4, NH is compiled against 3.5)
Regex.Replace (that's just not possible to do with SQL, unless you have a DB that supports it and write a Dialect for it)
Related
Using Linq commands and Linq To SQL datacontext, Im trying to instance an Entity called "Produccion" from my datacontext in this way:
Demo.View.Data.PRODUCCION pocoProduccion =
(
from m in db.MEDICOXPROMOTORs
join a in db.ATENCIONs on m.cmp equals a.cmp
join e in db.EXAMENXATENCIONs on a.numeroatencion equals e.numeroatencion
join c in db.CITAs on e.numerocita equals c.numerocita
where e.codigo == codigoExamenxAtencion
select new Demo.View.Data.PRODUCCION
{
cmp = a.cmp,
bonificacion = comi,
valorventa = precioEstudio,
codigoestudio = lblCodigoEstudio.Content.ToString(),
codigopaciente = Convert.ToInt32(lblCodigoPaciente.Content.ToString()),
codigoproduccion = Convert.ToInt32(lblNroInforme.Content.ToString()),
codigopromotor = m.codigopromotor,
fecha = Convert.ToDateTime(DateTime.Today.ToShortDateString()),
numeroinforme = Convert.ToInt32(lblNroInforme.Content.ToString()),
revisado = false,
codigozona = (c.codigozona.Value == null ? Convert.ToInt32(c.codigozona) : 0),
codigoclinica = Convert.ToInt32(c.codigoclinica),
codigoclase = e.codigoclase,
}
).FirstOrDefault();
While executing the above code, I'm getting the following error that the stack trace is included:
System.NotSupportedException was caught
Message="The explicit construction of the entity type 'Demo.View.Data.PRODUCCION' in a query is not allowed."
Source="System.Data.Linq"
StackTrace:
en System.Data.Linq.SqlClient.QueryConverter.VisitMemberInit(MemberInitExpression init)
en System.Data.Linq.SqlClient.QueryConverter.VisitInner(Expression node)
en System.Data.Linq.SqlClient.QueryConverter.Visit(Expression node)
en System.Data.Linq.SqlClient.QueryConverter.VisitSelect(Expression sequence, LambdaExpression selector)
en System.Data.Linq.SqlClient.QueryConverter.VisitSequenceOperatorCall(MethodCallExpression mc)
en System.Data.Linq.SqlClient.QueryConverter.VisitMethodCall(MethodCallExpression mc)
en System.Data.Linq.SqlClient.QueryConverter.VisitInner(Expression node)
en System.Data.Linq.SqlClient.QueryConverter.Visit(Expression node)
en System.Data.Linq.SqlClient.QueryConverter.VisitFirst(Expression sequence, LambdaExpression lambda, Boolean isFirst)
en System.Data.Linq.SqlClient.QueryConverter.VisitSequenceOperatorCall(MethodCallExpression mc)
en System.Data.Linq.SqlClient.QueryConverter.VisitMethodCall(MethodCallExpression mc)
en System.Data.Linq.SqlClient.QueryConverter.VisitInner(Expression node)
en System.Data.Linq.SqlClient.QueryConverter.ConvertOuter(Expression node)
en System.Data.Linq.SqlClient.SqlProvider.BuildQuery(Expression query, SqlNodeAnnotations annotations)
en System.Data.Linq.SqlClient.SqlProvider.System.Data.Linq.Provider.IProvider.Execute(Expression query)
en System.Data.Linq.DataQuery`1.System.Linq.IQueryProvider.Execute[S](Expression expression)
en System.Linq.Queryable.FirstOrDefault[TSource](IQueryable`1 source)
en Demo.View.InformeMedico.realizarProduccionInforme(Int32 codigoExamenxAtencion, Double precioEstudio, Int32 comi) en D:\cs_InformeMedico\app\InformeMedico.xaml.cs:línea 602
en Demo.View.InformeMedico.UpdateEstadoEstudio(Int32 codigo, Char state) en D:\cs_InformeMedico\app\InformeMedico.xaml.cs:línea 591
en Demo.View.InformeMedico.btnGuardar_Click(Object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) en D:\cs_InformeMedico\app\InformeMedico.xaml.cs:línea 683
InnerException:
Is that now allowed in LINQ2SQL?
Entities can be created outside of queries and inserted into the data store using a DataContext. You can then retrieve them using queries. However, you can't create entities as part of a query.
I am finding this limitation to be very annoying, and going against the common trend of not using SELECT * in queries.
Still with c# anonymous types there is a workaround, by fetching the objects into an anonymous type, and then copy it over into the correct type.
For example:
var q = from emp in employees where emp.ID !=0
select new {Name = emp.First + " " + emp.Last, EmployeeId = emp.ID }
var r = q.ToList();
List<User> users = new List<User>(r.Select(new User
{
Name = r.Name,
EmployeeId = r.EmployeeId
}));
And in the case when we deal with a single value (as in the situation described in the question) it is even easier, and we just need to copy directly the values:
var q = from emp in employees where emp.ID !=0
select new { Name = emp.First + " " + emp.Last, EmployeeId = emp.ID }
var r = q.FirstOrDefault();
User user = new User { Name = r.Name, EmployeeId = r.ID };
If the name of the properties match the database columns we can do it even simpler in the query, by doing select
var q = from emp in employees where emp.ID !=0
select new { emp.First, emp.Last, emp.ID }
One might go ahead and write a lambda expression that can copy automatically based on the property name, without needing to specify the values explictly.
Here's another workaround:
Make a class that derives from your LINQ to SQL class. I'm assuming that the L2S class that you want to return is Order:
internal class OrderView : Order { }
Now write the query this way:
var query = from o in db.Order
select new OrderView // instead of Order
{
OrderID = o.OrderID,
OrderDate = o.OrderDate,
// etc.
};
Cast the result back into Order, like this:
return query.Cast<Order>().ToList(); // or .FirstOrDefault()
(or use something more sensible, like BLToolkit / LINQ to DB)
Note: I haven't tested to see if tracking works or not; it works to retrieve data, which is what I needed.
I have found that if you do a .ToList() on the query before trying to contruct new objects it works
I just ran into the same issue.
I found a very easy solution.
var a = att as Attachment;
Func<Culture, AttachmentCulture> make =
c => new AttachmentCulture { Culture = c };
var culs = from c in dc.Cultures
let ac = c.AttachmentCultures.SingleOrDefault(
x => x.Attachment == a)
select ac == null ? make(c) : ac;
return culs;
I construct an anonymous type, use IEnumerable (which preserves deferred execution), and then re-consruct the datacontext object. Both Employee and Manager are datacontext objects:
var q = dc.Employees.Where(p => p.IsManager == 1)
.Select(p => new { Id = p.Id, Name = p.Name })
.AsEnumerable()
.Select(item => new Manager() { Id = item.Id, Name = item.Name });
Within the book "70-515 Web Applications Development with Microsoft .NET Framework 4 - Self paced training kit", page 638 has the following example to output results to a strongly typed object:
IEnumerable<User> users = from emp in employees where emp.ID !=0
select new User
{
Name = emp.First + " " + emp.Last,
EmployeeId = emp.ID
}
Mark Pecks advice appears to contradict this book - however, for me this example still displays the above error as well, leaving me somewhat confused. Is this linked to version differences? Any suggestions welcome.
I found another workaround for the problem that even lets you retain your result as IQueryale, so it doesn't actually execute the query until you want it to be executed (like it would with the ToList() method).
So linq doesn't allow you to create an entity as a part of query? You can shift that task to the database itself and create a function that will grab the data you want. After you import the function to your data context, you just need to set the result type to the one you want.
I found out about this when I had to write a piece of code that would produce a IQueryable<T> in which the items don't actually exist in the table containing T.
pbz posted a work around by creating a View class inherited from an entity class that you could be working with. I'm working with a dbml model of a table that has > 200 columns. When I try and return the whole table I get "Root Element missing" errors. I couldn't find anyone who wanted to deal with my particular issue so I was looking at rewriting my entire approach. Just creating a view class for the entitiy class worked in my case.
As pbz suggests : Create a view class that inherits from your entity class. For me this is tbCamp so :
internal class tbCampView : tbCamp
{
}
Then use the view class in your query :
using (var dc = ConnectionClass.Connect(Dev))
{
var camps = dc.tbCamps.Select(s => new tbCampView
{
active = s.active,
idCamp = s.idCamp,
campName = s.campName
});
SmartTableViewer(camps, dg1);
}
private void SmartTableViewer<T>(IEnumerable<T> allRecords)
{
// Build sorted rows back into new table
var table = new DataTable();
// Create columns based on type
if (allRecords is IEnumerable<tbCamp> tbCampRecords)
{
// Get the columns you want
table.Columns.Add("idCamp");
table.Columns.Add("campName");
foreach (var record in tbCampRecords)
{
// Make a new row
var r = table.NewRow();
// Add the contents to each column of the row
r["idCamp"] = record.idCamp;
r["campName"] = record.campName;
// Add the row to the table.
table.Rows.Add(r);
}
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("Unhandled type. Add support for new data type in SmartTableViewer()");
return;
}
// Update table in grid
dg1.DataSource = table.DefaultView;
}
Here is what happens when you try and create an entity class object in the query.
I didn't want to have to use an anonymous type if I could help it because I wanted the type to be tbCamp. Since tbCampView is of type tbCamp the is operator works well. see Brian Hasden's answer Passing a generic List<> in C#
I'm surprised this is even an issue but with larger tables I run into this error so I thought I would just show it here :
When trying to read this table into memory I get the following error. There are < 2000 rows but the columns are > 200 for each. I don't know if that is an issue or not.
If I just want a few columns I need to create a custom class and handle that which isn't that big of a pain. With the approach pbz provided I don't have to worry about it.
Here is the entire project in case it helps someone.
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
private const bool Dev = true;
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void btnGetAllCamps_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
using (var dc = ConnectionClass.Connect(Dev))
{
IQueryable<tbCampView> camps = dc.tbCamps.Select(s => new tbCampView
{
// Project columns as needed.
active = s.active,
idCamp = s.idCamp,
campName = s.campName
});
// pass in as a
SmartTableViewer(camps);
}
}
private void SmartTableViewer<T>(IEnumerable<T> allRecords)
{
// Build sorted rows back into new table
var table = new DataTable();
// Create columns based on type
if (allRecords is IEnumerable<tbCamp> tbCampRecords)
{
// Get the columns you want
table.Columns.Add("idCamp");
table.Columns.Add("campName");
foreach (var record in tbCampRecords)
{
//var newRecord = record;
// Make a new row
var r = table.NewRow();
// Add the contents to each column of the row
r["idCamp"] = record.idCamp;
r["campName"] = record.campName;
// Add the row to the table.
table.Rows.Add(r);
}
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("Unhandled type. Add support for new data type in SmartTableViewer()");
return;
}
// Update table in grid
dg1.DataSource = table.DefaultView;
}
internal class tbCampView : tbCamp
{
}
}
Following Linq to Entities query is causing the "Unable to create a constant value of type 'Data.InhouseUnit'. Only primitive types ('such as Int32, String, and Guid') are supported in this context" exception.
IList<FaultReport> faultReports = (from fr in _session.FaultReports
where fr.CreatedOn > dateTime
select new FaultReport
{
Id = fr.Id,
ExecutionDate = fr.ExecutionDate ?? DateTime.MinValue,
FaultType = fr.FaultType,
Quarters = fr.Quarters,
InhouseSpaceId = fr.InhouseSpaceId,
InhouseSpace = new InhouseSpace { Id = fr.InhouseSpace.Id, Name = fr.InhouseSpace.Name },
InhouseUnitId = fr.InhouseUnitId ?? Guid.Empty,
**InhouseUnit = fr.InhouseUnitId == Guid.Empty ? null : new InhouseUnit { Id = fr.InhouseUnit.Id, Name = fr.InhouseUnit.Name }**
}).ToList();
Specifically, it is the if expression in bold font which causes the exception. I need to make the check as fr.InhouseUnitId is a nullable. If I take out the the bolded expression, the rest of the statement works just fine. I have spent a fair amount of time, in msdn forum and on web, to understand what is causing the exception but still cannot quite understand. Guid is scalar so it should work, right? Even this expression InhouseUnit = true ? null: new InhouseUnit() in place of the bolded expression in the above statement wouldn't work. Can we even write if/else
If i try to write an extension method to take away the logic and just return a result, following exception is thrown:
LINQ to Entities does not recognize the method 'System.Object
GuidConversion(System.Nullable`1[System.Guid], System.Object)' method, and this method
cannot be translated into a store expression
It looks like you are projecting into new objects of the same type that you are querying from. Is that the case? It seems a little weird, but assuming you have a good reason for doing this, you could split the query into two parts. The first part would get what you need from the database. The second part would run locally (i.e. LINQ-to-Objects) to give you the projection you need. Something like this:
var query =
from fr in _session.FaultReports
where fr.CreatedOn > dateTime
select new {
fr.Id,
fr.ExecutionDate,
fr.FaultType,
fr.Quarters,
InhouseSpaceId = fr.InhouseSpace.Id,
InhouseSpaceName = fr.InhouseSpace.Name,
InhouseUnitId = fr.InhouseUnit.Id,
InhouseUnitName = fr.InhouseUnit.Name,
};
IList<FaultReport> faultReports = (
from fr in query.ToList()
select new FaultReport {
Id = fr.Id,
ExecutionDate = fr.ExecutionDate ?? DateTime.MinValue,
FaultType = fr.FaultType,
Quarters = fr.Quarters,
InhouseSpaceId = fr.InhouseSpaceId,
InhouseSpace = new InhouseSpace { Id = fr.InhouseSpaceId, Name = fr.InhouseSpaceName },
InhouseUnitId = fr.InhouseUnitId ?? Guid.Empty,
InhouseUnit = fr.InhouseUnitId == Guid.Empty ? null : new InhouseUnit { Id = fr.InhouseUnitId, Name = fr.InhouseUnitName }
}).ToList();
In my code I have the following Linq Query:
IQueryable<Data> charts = (from report in ctx.Charts group report by new
{
Name = report.ChartTitle.ChartType.ChartCategory.CategoryName,
id = report.ChartTitle.ChartType.ChartCategory.ChartCategoryId,
Period = report.Period
} into d
select new Data
{
Name = d.Key.Name,
Id = d.Key.id,
Period = d.Key.Period,
Reports = from r in d group r by new
{ Title = r.ChartTitle.Name, id = r.ChartTitle.ChartTitleId } into rs
select new Report
{
Title = rs.Key.Title,
Id = rs.Key.id,
Charts = (from c in rs group c by new
{
ChartId = c.ChartId,
FiscalYear = c.FiscalYear,
ModifiedDate = c.ChartView.ModifiedDate,
Function = c.Function.DisplayName,
ChartData=c.ChartView.ViewData
} into cs
select new ChartInfo
{
ChartId = cs.Key.ChartId,
FiscalYear = cs.Key.FiscalYear,
ModifiedDate = cs.Key.ModifiedDate,
Function = cs.Key.Function,
ChartData=cs.Key.ChartData
})
}});
In the above code if I exclude the "ChartData" field (which is of XML datatype), the query executes fine. But when ever I include this field it throws the following error :"The xml data type cannot be selected as DISTINCT because it is not comparable."
Let me know what I am missing here?
You can't group by XML types. This is a SQL restriction, not a LINQ-to-SQL retriction. (See Group by on XML column field with LINQ and select an xml type column in select query with group by SQL Server 2008)
Do you need to group by the XML column? The alternative would be to group by your other columns and then select the first XML value as a result.
Charts = (from c in rs group c by new
{
ChartId = c.ChartId,
FiscalYear = c.FiscalYear,
ModifiedDate = c.ChartView.ModifiedDate,
Function = c.Function.DisplayName,
} into cs
select new ChartInfo
{
ChartId = cs.Key.ChartId,
FiscalYear = cs.Key.FiscalYear,
ModifiedDate = cs.Key.ModifiedDate,
Function = cs.Key.Function,
ChartData=cs.Value.FirstOrDefault().ChartData
})
When using LINQ-to-SQL the items being grouped are still accessible - you don't need to include every 'selected' property / column in the group by` clause like you would in SQL.
You did not tell us what is the actual datatype of the ChartData, but from the error you are describing it looks like the problem is that whatever this datatype is it does not implement the IComparable interface which is a required interface if you want instances of the datatype to be comparable
I'm breaking my head with this and decided to share my problem with you
I want to create an anonymous select from several tables, some of them may contain more than one result. i want to concatenate these results into one string
i did something like this:
var resultTable = from item in dc.table
select new
{
id= item.id,
name= CreateString((from name in item.Ref_Items_Names
select name.Name).ToList()),
};
and the CreateString() is:
private string CreateString(List<string> list)
{
StringBuilder stringedData = new StringBuilder();
for (int i = 0; i < list.Count; i++)
{
stringedData.Append(list[i] + ", ");
}
return stringedData.ToString();
}
my intentions were to convert the "name" query to list and then sent it to CreateString() to convert it to one long concatenated string.
I tried using .Aggregate((current,next) => current + "," + next);
but when i try to convert my query to DataTable like below:
public DataTable ToDataTable(Object query)
{
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
IDbCommand cmd = dc.GetCommand(query as IQueryable);
SqlDataAdapter adapter = new SqlDataAdapter();
adapter.SelectCommand = (SqlCommand)cmd;
cmd.Connection.Open();
adapter.Fill(dt);
cmd.Connection.Close();
return dt;
}
I'm getting exception that "dc.GetCommand()" can't understand query with Aggregate method
later I tried to even use this simple query:
var resultTable = from itemin dc.table
select new
{
name = CreateString()
};
When CreateString() returns "success", nothing was inserted to "name"
why there is no way of using methods in select clause?
Thank you
Yotam
There is difference between LINQ to objects and LINQ to some-db-provider. Generally speaking, when using IQueryable, you can't use any methods, except the ones your provider understands.
What you can do is to retrieve the data from the database and then do the formatting using LINQ to objects:
var data = from item in dc.table
where /* some condition */
select item;
var result = from item in data.AsEnumerable()
select new
{
name = SomeFunction(item)
}
The AsEnumerable() extension method forces processing using LINQ to objects.
Forgive me if I've miss interpreted your question. It seems that what you are trying to do is abstract your select method for reuse. If this is the case, you may consider projection using a lambda expression. For example:
internal static class MyProjectors
{
internal static Expression<Func<Object1, ReturnObject>> StringDataProjector
{
get
{
return d => new Object1()
{
//assignment here
}
}
}
}
Now you can select your datasets as such:
dc.Table.Select(MyProjectors.StringDataProjector)
As for the concatenation logic, what about selecting to some base class with an IEnumerable<string> property and a read-only property to handle the concatenation of the string?
Here is the query I am trying to run from my OData source:
var query = from j in _auditService.AuditJobs.IncludeTotalCount()
orderby j.Description
select new
{
JobId = j.ID,
Description = j.Description,
SubscriberCount = j.JobRuns.Count()
};
It runs great if I don't use the j.JobRuns.Count(), but if I include it I get the following error:
Constructing or initializing instances
of the type
<>f__AnonymousType1`3[System.Int32,System.String,System.Int32]
with the expression j.JobRuns.Count()
is not supported.
It seems to be a problem of attempting to get the nested count through OData. What is a work around for this? I was trying to avoid getting the whole nested collection for each object just to get a count.
Thanks!
As of today the OData protocol doesn't support aggregates.
Projections yes, but projections that include aggregate properties no.
Alex
You need .Net 4.0 and In LinqPad you can run following over netflix OData Service
void Main()
{
ShowPeopleWithAwards();
ShowTitles();
}
// Define other methods and classes here
public void ShowPeopleWithAwards()
{
var people = from p in People.Expand("Awards").AsEnumerable()
where p.Awards.Count > 0
orderby p.Name
select new
{
p.Id,
p.Name,
AwardCount = p.Awards.Count,
TotalAwards = p.Awards.OrderBy (a => a.Type).Select (b => new { b.Type, b.Year} )
};
people.Dump();
}
public void ShowTitles()
{
var titles = from t in Titles.Expand("Awards").AsEnumerable()
where t.ShortName != string.Empty &&
t.ShortSynopsis != string.Empty &&
t.Awards.Count > 0
select t;
titles.Dump();
}
You can now use my product AdaptiveLINQ and the extension method QueryByCube.