I have the following linq query
var ret = from u in MenuHeaders
.Include("MenuHeaderItems.MenuItem")
select u;
I need to select ONLY menu headers which exist for certain users, which belong to a certain role given a user id.
So, the relational path would be something like this...
MenuHeader RoleMenuHeaders Roles UserRoles Users
---------- --------------- ----- --------- -----
ID <---MenuHeaderID |-> ID <---| UserID----->ID
RoleID -------| |-- RoleID
How do I get my above query to only return MenuHeaders where UserID=1?
If you're using LINQ to Entities, this relationship is probably automatically mapped via properties, and (assuming these are many-to-many relationships, as they appear to be in the schema you show) you can take advantage of the Any operator:
var ret = from mh in MenuHeaders.Include("MenuHeaderItems.MenuItem")
where mh.Roles.Any(r => r.Users.Any(u => u.UserId == 1))
select mh;
Well, you could do it with a join:
var ret = from mh in MenuHeaders.Include("MenuHeaderItems.MenuItem")
join ur in UserRoles on mh.RoleID equals u.RoleID
where ur.UserID == 1
select mh;
(I don't know whether you need Include("UserRoles.UserRole") or anything like that. I don't know which LINQ provider you're using.)
Adding a where clause that references a joined table modifies the resultant query and invalidates the Include.
Check this out.
How to make an Include really include.
Related
Below is my ERD and sample data. Note, I'm using Entity Framework and Code first to control my database.
For the project named Vacation, return all the DISTINCT users who have a "true" value in UserBooleanAttributes table for either the Parents or Teens rows defined in the UserAttributes table.
Here is my current attempt:
var myQuery =
from P in context.Projects
join UA in context.UserAttributes on P.ProjectID equals UA.ProjectID
join UBA in context.UserBooleanAttributes on UA.UserAttributeID equals UBA.UserAttributeID
join U in context.Users on UBA.UserID equals U.UserID
where P.ProjectID == 1
where UBA.Value == true
where (UA.UserAttributeID == 1 || UA.UserAttributeID == 2)
select new { uba = U };
This returns 6 users, with e#acme.org being listed twice. Is there a LINQ way of returning distinct values? I suppose I could convert this to a list then filter, but I'd rather have the Database do the work.
I'd rather avoid using lambda expressions if possible. Once again, I want the database to do the work, and not have to write code to union/intersect result groups.
I have to join multiple tables. The tables have similar data for each table.
ID
(table id for FK)
Name
Description
Owner
from d in Departments
join f in Functions on d.DepartmentID equals f.DepartmentID
join pg in Processes on f.FunctionID equals pg.FunctionID
select new { d.DepartmentID, f.Name, pg.Name }
This throws an error 'An anonymous type cannot have multiple properties with the same name'
is there a better way to join these tables?
Should I do Select new { d, f, pg } ? Is it easy to grab the data from that?
I am very new to LINQ so any help is appreciated.
The compiler creates the properties of the anonymous type based on the property you use. In your case you use the property Name twice. Once in f.Name and once in pg.Name.
To fix it you have to specify at least one of the two property names explicitly:
select new { d.DepartmentID, FunctionName = f.Name, ProcessName = pg.Name }
You just need to give unique names for the two Name properties. Something like:
from d in Departments
join f in Functions on d.DepartmentID equals f.DepartmentID
join pg in Processes on f.FunctionID equals pg.FunctionID
select new { d.DepartmentID, FName = f.Name, PGName = pg.Name }
When you don't specify your own names, the compiler will just use the full name of the property, but since in this case they are both just Name, it will generate an error.
Currently learning Linq to Entity. I been successful, but came stumped with the orderby clause and its use with multiple tables.
var query = from k in contxt.pages.Include("keywords")
where k.ID == vals.pageId select k;
My understanding with the code above is it creates an inner join where ID is equal to pageId.
So what I am having a difficult time visualizing is how I would perform an orderby on both tables?
I would like to sort on both tables.
I have tried:
var query = from k in contxt.pages.Include("keywords") where k.ID == vals.pageId orderby k.keywords.**?** select k;
The question mark is not supposed to be there. I am showing that the column that I would like to sort by isn't there. Trying this k.Kegwords. doesn't show the column.
I would write a SQL query as follows:
string query = "SELECT pages.page, pages.title, pages.descp, keywords.keyword
FROM pages INNER JOIN keywords ON pages.ID = keywords.pageID
ORDER BY keywords.sort, pages.page";
pages and keywords have a 1 to many relationship, which FK keywords.
Thank you,
deDogs
Here you go.
var result = (from x in pages
join y in keywords on x.ID equals y.pageID
orderby y.sort, x.page
select new
{
x.Page,
x.title,
x.descp,
y.keyword
});
I have a requirement to query for records in CRM that don't have a related entity of a certain type. Normally, I would do this with an Left Outer Join, then filter for all the rows that have NULLs in the right-hand side.
For example:
var query = from c in orgContext.CreateQuery<Contact>()
join aj in orgContext.CreateQuery<Account>()
on c.ContactId equals aj.PrimaryContactId.Id
into wonk
from a in wonk.DefaultIfEmpty()
where a.Name == null
select new Contact
{
FirstName = c.FirstName,
LastName = c.LastName,
};
This should return me any Contats that are not the Primary Contact of an account. However, this query ends up returning all contacts...! When you look at the SQL that gets generated in SQL Profiler it comes out like this:
SELECT cnt.FirstName, cnt.LastName
FROM Contact as cnt
LEFT OUTER JOIN Account AS acct
ON cnt.ContactId = acct.PrimaryContactId AND acct.Name is NULL
So, I get the Left Join OK, but the filter is on the Join clause, and not in a WHERE clause.and not as it should, like this:
SELECT cnt.FirstName, cnt.LastName
FROM Contact as cnt
LEFT OUTER JOIN Account AS acct
ON cnt.ContactId = acct.PrimaryContactId
WHERE acct.Name is NULL
Clearly, the results from this query are very different! Is there a way to get the query on CRM to generate the correct SQL?
Is this a limitation of the underlying FetchXML request?
Unfortunately, this is a limitation of CRM's LINQ and FetchXML implementations. This page from the SDK states outer joins are not supported:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg328328.aspx
And while I can't find an official document, there are a lot of results out there for people mentioning FetchXML does not support left outer joins, for example:
http://gtcrm.wordpress.com/2011/03/24/fetch-xml-reports-for-crm-2011-online/
Try this:
var query = from c in orgContext.CreateQuery<Contact>()
where orgContext.CreateQuery<Account>().All(aj => c.ContactId != aj.PrimaryContactId.Id)
select new Contact
{
FirstName = c.FirstName,
LastName = c.LastName,
};
If you don't need to update the entity (e.g. to process all the corresponding validation rules and workflow steps), you can write less-ugly and more efficient queries by hitting the SQL Server directly.
Per CRM's pattern, the views take care of most of the common joins for you. For instance, the dbo.ContactBase and dbo.ContactExtensionBase tables are already joined for you in the view dbo.Contact. The AccountName is already there (called AccountIdName for some bizarre reason, but at least it's there).
Let's say I have a Customer table which has a PrimaryContactId field and a SecondaryContactId field. Both of these are foreign keys that reference the Contact table. For any given customer, either one or two contacts may be stored. In other words, PrimaryContactId can never be NULL, but SecondaryContactId can be NULL.
If I drop my Customer and Contact tables onto the "Linq to SQL Classes" design surface, the class builder will spot the two FK relationships from the Customer table to the Contact table, and so the generated Customer class will have a Contact field and a Contact1 field (which I can rename to PrimaryContact and SecondaryContact to avoid confusion).
Now suppose that I want to get details of all the contacts for a given set of customers.
If there was always exactly one contact then I could write something like:
from customer in customers
join contact in contacts on customer.PrimaryContactId equals contact.id
select ...
...which would be translated into something like:
SELECT ...
FROM Customer
INNER JOIN Contact
ON Customer.FirstSalesPersonId = Contact.id
But, because I want to join on both the contact fields, I want the SQL to look something like:
SELECT ...
FROM Customer
INNER JOIN Contact
ON Customer.FirstSalesPersonId = Contact.id OR Customer.SecondSalesPersonId = Contact.id
How can I write a Linq expression to do that?
It's rarely correct to use join in LINQ to SQL.
Since you want contacts, why not start your selection there? Presuming the association between Customer and Contact is two-way, you should be able to write something like:
IEnumerable<Guid> customerIds = // ...
var q = from contact in Context.Contacts
where customerIds.Contains(contact.Customer.Id)
select contact;
Use anonymous classes. EG
new { A.Foo, B.Bar } equals new { Foo = B.Baz, Bar = C.Ork }