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SQL to LINQ - Left Join Before Inner Join

So I have a SQL query that I would like to convert to LINQ.
Here is said query:
SELECT *
FROM DatabaseA.SchemaA.TableA ta
LEFT OUTER JOIN DatabaseA.SchemaA.TableB tb
ON tb.ShipId = ta.ShipId
INNER JOIN DatabaseA.SchemaA.TableC tc
ON tc.PostageId= tb.PostageId
WHERE tc.PostageCode = 'Package'
AND ta.MailId = 'Specification'
The problem I am struggling with is I cannot seem to figure out how to do a left join in LINQ before an inner join, since doing a left join in LINQ is not as clear to me at least.
I have found numerous examples of a LINQ inner join and then a left join, but not left join and then inner join.
If it helps, here is the LINQ query I have been playing around with:
var query = from m in tableA
join s in tableB on m.ShipId equals s.ShipId into queryDetails
from qd in queryDetails.DefaultIfEmpty()
join p in tableC on qd.PostageId equals p.PostageId
where m.MailId == "Specification" && p.PostageCode == "Package"
select m.MailId;
I have tried this a few different ways but I keep getting an "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error on qd.PostageId.
LINQ is very new to me and I love learning it, so any help on this would be much appreciated. Thanks!

From my SQL conversion recipe:
JOIN conditions that aren't all equality tests with AND must be handled using where clauses outside the join, or with cross product (from ... from ...) and then where
JOIN conditions that are multiple ANDed equality tests between the two tables should be translated into anonymous objects
LEFT JOIN is simulated by using into joinvariable and doing another from from the joinvariable followed by .DefaultIfEmpty().
The order of JOIN clauses doesn't change how you translate them:
var ans = from ta in TableA
join tb in TableB on ta.ShipId equals tb.ShipId into tbj
from tb in tbj.DefaultIfEmpty()
join tc in TableC on tb.PostageId equals tc.PostageId
where tc.PostageCode == "Package" && ta.MailId == "Specification"
select new { ta, tb, tc };
However, because the LEFT JOIN is executed before the INNER JOIN and then the NULL PostageIds in TableB for unmatched rows will never match any row in TableC, it becomes equivalent to an INNER JOIN as well, which translates as:
var ans2 = from ta in tableA
join tb in tableB on ta.ShipId equals tb.ShipId
join tc in tableC on tb.PostageId equals tc.PostageId
where tc.PostageCode == "Package" && ta.MailId == "Specification"
select new { ta, tb, tc };

Use:
var query = from m in tableA
join s in tableB on m.ShipId equals s.ShipId
join p in tableC on s.PostageId equals p.PostageId
where m.MailId == "Specification" && p.PostageCode == "Package"
select m.MailId;
Your query uses a LEFT OUTER JOIN but it doesn't need it.
It will, in practice, function as an INNER JOIN due to your tc.PostageCode = 'Package' clause. If you compare to a column value in a table in a WHERE clause (and there are no OR clauses and you aren't comparing to NULL) then effectively all joins to get to that table will be treated as INNER).
That clause will never be true if TableB is null (which is why you use LEFT OUTER JOIN vs INNER JOIN) - so you should just use an INNER JOIN to make the problem simpler.

Entity Framework / LINQ: Left join defaultifempty fails

I need to join 5 tables in a query. 3 of these tables must have relations, but two of them are optionally connected to an entry.
Because of this, I am trying to do a LEFT JOIN to Table4 and Table5 like this:
var cDesc = (cDesc == null ? "" : cDesc);
var cStreet = (cStreet == null ? "" : cStreet);
var q = await (from t1 in MyContext.Table1
join t2 in MyContext.Table2
on t1.ID equals t2.ObjectID
join t3 in MyContext.Table3
on t2.TeamID equals t3.TeamID
join t4 in MyContext.Table4
on t1.ID equals t4.ObjectID
into join3
from j3 in join3.DefaultIfEmpty()
join t5 in MyContext.Table5
on j3.StorageID equals t5.StorageID
where t2.ObjectType.Equals(16)
&& t3.UserID.Equals(userID)
&& t1.Description.Contains(cDesc)
&& l.Address.Contains(cStreet)
orderby t1.ID descending
select new Table1ListModel
{
ID = t1.ID,
Description = t1.Description,
Address = t5.Address
}
)
.Take(takeThis)
.ToListAsync();
But this query only works for rows that has a connection to Table4, so I'm doing something wrong obviously.
Am I doing the join correctly? Or is the problem that I want to run a where on address that comes from the fifth table?

Basically once you left join one table into a query any additional tables that you want to join to that one should almost always also be done with left joins. In your case you're saying you want keep rows in Table1 that don't have a match in Table4, but then you say you only want matches between Table4 and Table5 which basically will remove all the Table1 results that didn't have a match in Table4. Basically you want something like this
from j3 in join3.DefaultIfEmpty()
join temp5 in MyContext.Table5
on j3.StorageID equals temp5.StorageID into join4
from t5 in join4.DefaultIfEmpty()

This looks like a source of your problem:
join t4 in MyContext.Table4
on t1.ID equals t4.ObjectID
into join3
This means that you are inner joining Table4 to Table1

How to translate this inner join T-SQL into LINQ-to-Entities?

I have a snippet of Stored Procedure:
...
SELECT B.BinID, AverageCost, SUM(Qty) AS Qty
FROM #CurrentReturn R INNER JOIN Bins B ON R.BinCode = B.BinCode AND B.StoreroomID = #StoreroomID
...
#StorerroomID is one of the SP parameters.
Now I am trying to translate it into LINQ to Entities,
var AverageCostList = from r in CurrentReturn
join b in BinQuery on new {r.BinCode, b.StoreroomID} equals new {b.BinCode, storeroomID}
It does not work, as the type on the L.H.S. of equals cannot contains fields in b.
So is there any way to translate such an inner join SQL into LINQ?

i would put the B.StoreroomID = #StoreroomID comparison into ther where clause
from r in CurrentReturn
join b in BinQuery
on r.BinCode equals b.BinCode
where b.StoreroomID == storeroomID

Multiple table join with multiple table where clause

I have a query that's something like this.
Select a.*
from table1 a
inner join table2 b on a.field1 = b.field1
inner join table3 c on b.field2 = c.field2
where b.field4 = beta and c.field5 = gamma.
On LINQ, I tried to do that this way:
var query = (from a in table1
join b in table2 on a["field1"] equals b["field1"]
join c in table3 on b["field2"] equals c["field2"]
where (b["field4"] == beta && c["field5"] == gamma)
select a).ToList();
But for some reason, when I try to do this I get an error that says that the entity "table2" doesn't have the field Name = "field5", as though as the where clause was all about the last joined table and the other ones were unaccessible. Furthermore, the compiler doesn't seem to notice neither, because it lets me write c["field5"] == gamma with no warning.
Any ideas? Am I writing this wrong?
Thanks

See these links:
How to: Perform Inner Joins (C# Programming Guide)
What is the syntax for an inner join in linq to sql?
Why you don't create View in database, and Select your data from View in LINQ?

Outer join in LINQ Problem

Id like to perform an outer join with the second join statement in this query, I keep getting weird errors! (it must be the 3rd RedBull)
var Objeto = from t in Table1.All()
join su in table2.All() on t.Id equals su.Id
join tab2 in Table1.All() on t.PId equals tab2.Id //<-I want it here
select new
{
t.Field1,
SN = su.Field123,
PTN = tab2.FieldABC
};
Any help would be appreciated.
[Edit] - I neglected to say that I'm using SubSonic 3.0, the bug seems to be with SubSonic.....

Performing an outer join requires two steps:
Convert the join into a group join with into
Use DefaultIfEmpty() on the group to generate the null value you expect if the joined result set is empty.
You will also need to add a null check to your select.
var Objeto = from t in Table1.All()
join su in table2.All() on t.Id equals su.Id
join tab2 in Table1.All() on t.PId equals tab2.Id into gj
from j in gj.DefaultIfEmpty()
select new
{
t.Field1,
SN = su.Field123,
PTN = (j == null ? null : j.FieldABC)
};