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Converting linq select into model, LINQ to Entities does not recognize the method, and this method cannot be translated into a store expression

Hi I i'm doing this linq expression in an web api but then it gives this error
LINQ to Entities does not recognize the method 'WebApplicationAPI.Models.Registo convertToRegisto(WebApplicationAPI.Models.TBS0017)' method, and this method cannot be translated into a store expression.
Here's the code:
var tBS0017 = from row in db.TBS0017
where row.Cartao == cartao && row.Data == data
var teste = tBS0017.Select(x => convertToRegisto(x));
public Registo convertToRegisto(TBS0017 x)
{
string term = db.ba_terminal.Where(y => "00"+y.terminal_id.ToString() == x.CodTerminal).Select(y => y.terminal_name).ToString();
string emp = db.TG0006.Where(y => "00"+y.IdCompanhia.ToString() == x.IdCompanhia.ToString()).Select(y => y.DsCompanhia).ToString();
Registo r = new Registo() { Cartao = x.Cartao, Data = x.Data, Hora = x.Hora, Local = term, Empresa = emp };
return r;
}

Bring tBS0017 back into memory with ToList()
var results = tBS0017.ToList()
.Select(x => convertToRegisto(x));
However, this has some serious flaws.
For every element in tBS0017, you are doing 2 more db query's. You should really be doing this in the one query and projecting to Registo

The issue is that using Linq to Entities tries to convert your C# code into equivalent SQL which can run your query. There is no function "convertToRegisto" in SQL so this gives you an exception.
You can solve the issue by using ToList() to bring the result of the query into memory first. Then you're able to use your methods in the Select.
var teste = tBS0017
.ToList()
.Select(x => convertToRegisto(x));

You can not convert int value from linq to sql. You must use the sql function that convert int to string values. On the other hand, in memory handling is quite heavy operation
e.g
string term = db.ba_terminal.Where(y => "00"+
SqlFunctions.StringConvert((double)y.terminal_id) ==
x.CodTerminal).Select(y => y.terminal_name).ToString();

Querying using Lambda Expression for exists within a list

In my project, I need to return a list of car data that does not match the model Id' provided in the array. I'm unsure on how I would go in getting my query to work. So far i have the following below:
var IdList = new List<int> { 60,61,62, 63, 64, 65 };
var query = Context.ManufacturersTable.Where(m => m.Date == date && m.CountryToship = country && m.ExportOnly == false);
if(query.Count() > 0)
query = query.Where(x => x.CarMoreInfoTable.CarModelTable.Where(f => IdList.Contains(f.ModelId))) //Cannot convert lambda expression to intended delegate type error here
return query
As you can see in the above query I have 3 tables all linked to each other. But please could some direct me on how I would query all data that does not contain the Id's in the given array?
Thank you

You have an error because second 'Where' is the issue here, first Where expects to delegate method return bool instead of IEnumerable. (Comment edit) And I think you have to negate:
IdList.Contains(f.ModelId)
Edit
If you need Car Data (I will assume that it is inside CarModel class) then you need change first Where to SelectMany (we would like to merge many collections into one) and negate the inner expression (with contains).
var result = query
.SelectMany(x => x.CarMoreInfoTable.CarModelTable
.Where(f => !IdList.Contains(f.ModelId))).ToList();

changing linq to sql query

I have a question regarding a Linq to SQL query.
I have following situation:
I have a search with lots of options, like location, availability, name, language etc ...
For this options i have to execute a query to retrieve the results according to options selected, how can i best do it, i cannot write a linq query like for each possibility and combination of options, but i cannot write one for all of them as it will not work, for example:
from p in context.people where p.location==model.location && p.availability==model.availability .... select p
In this case imagine availability is not selected and should not be searched for, but in this case it will be passed as false, or if location is not set and is null so it will only search for empty locations, although i just need all.
So my question is how do people handle this kind of behaviour with queries?

As you long as you do not execute the linq query immediately you can just add where clauses to it. You can do this for example:
var query = from p in context.people;
if(searchOnLocation)
{
query = query.where(p => p.location == model.location);
}
if(otherSearch)
{
query = query.where(p => p.someOtherProperty == someotherValue);
}
var result = query.ToList();
As long you don't call ToList() on your IQueryable, the linq will not be translated into SQL. It's only in the last call, that the linq will be translated and executed against the database

IQueryable<Person> query = context.people;
if(model.location != null)
query = query.Where(x => x.location == model.location);
if(model.availability != null)
query = query.Where(x => x.availability == model.availability);
// etc
Basically, you can compose more and more restrictions as you go.

If you want to implement query without if condition than you can use following syntax:
var query = context.people.
where(p => p.location == (model.location ?? p.location)
&& p.availability == (model.availability ?? p.availability))
.ToList();

Use a function within LINQ

I am using LINQ to create a list. But I want to use a function at the end to generate the object iself, something LINQ complains about
LINQ to Entities does not recognize the method 'WashroomStatusItem GetWashroomStatusForItem(WashroomStatus)' method, and this method cannot be translated into a store expression.
What am I doing wrong?
var query = (from c in context.WashroomStatus
where c.WashroomId == GroupItem.WashroomID
select GetWashroomStatusForItem(c));
private WashroomStatusItem GetWashroomStatusForItem(WashroomStatus item)
{
WashroomStatusItem temp = new WashroomMonitorWCF.WashroomStatusItem();
//do stuff with it
return temp;
}

The problem is that the SQL conversion can't convert your method into SQL. You should use AsEnumerable() to "switch" from the out-of-process provider to LINQ to Objects. For example:
var query = context.WashroomStatus
.Where(c => c.WashroomId == GroupItem.WashroomID)
.AsEnumerable()
.Select(c => GetWashroomStatusForItem(c));
Note that if GetWashroomStatusForItem only uses some properties, you may want to project to those separately first, to reduce the amount of information fetched from the server:
var query = context.WashroomStatus
.Where(c => c.WashroomId == GroupItem.WashroomID)
.Select(c => new { c.Location, c.Date };
.AsEnumerable()
.Select(p => GetWashroomStatusForItem(p.Location, p.Date));

Jon Skeet's answer is correct, but I'd add that depending on the nature of GetWashroomStatusForItem(), it should probably either be broken down into LINQ statements and added into the query itself, or it should be executed after the query has returned.
So, lets say GetWashroomStatusForItem() looks something like this: note that this is extremely oversimplified.
public static WashroomStatus GetWashroomStatusForItem(Item c)
{
return c.WashroomStatus;
}
it should just be added to the LINQ query like this:
var query = (from c in context.WashroomStatus
where c.WashroomId == GroupItem.WashroomID
select c.WashroomStatus);
But if it relies heavily on stuff not in the db, I'd just end the Linq statement before you get the WashroomStatus, and then call GetWashroomStatusForItem() on the results. It's not gonna a performance difference since Linq uses lazy evaluation, and you generally want to keep db operations separate from "programmatic" ones.

Why does this LINQ-to-SQL query get a NotSupportedException?

The following LINQ statement:
public override List<Item> SearchListWithSearchPhrase(string searchPhrase)
{
List<string> searchTerms = StringHelpers.GetSearchTerms(searchPhrase);
using (var db = Datasource.GetContext())
{
return (from t in db.Tasks
where searchTerms.All(term =>
t.Title.ToUpper().Contains(term.ToUpper()) &&
t.Description.ToUpper().Contains(term.ToUpper()))
select t).Cast<Item>().ToList();
}
}
gives me this error:
System.NotSupportedException: Local
sequence cannot be used in LINQ to SQL
implementation of query operators
except the Contains() operator.
Looking around it seems my only option is to get all my items first into a generic List, then do a LINQ query on that.
Or is there a clever way to rephrase the above LINQ-to-SQL statement to avoid the error?
ANSWER:
Thanks Randy, your idea helped me to build the following solution. It is not elegant but it solves the problem and since this will be code generated, I can handle up to e.g. 20 search terms without any extra work:
public override List<Item> SearchListWithSearchPhrase(string searchPhrase)
{
List<string> searchTerms = StringHelpers.GetSearchTerms(searchPhrase);
using (var db = Datasource.GetContext())
{
switch (searchTerms.Count())
{
case 1:
return (db.Tasks
.Where(t =>
t.Title.Contains(searchTerms[0])
|| t.Description.Contains(searchTerms[0])
)
.Select(t => t)).Cast<Item>().ToList();
case 2:
return (db.Tasks
.Where(t =>
(t.Title.Contains(searchTerms[0])
|| t.Description.Contains(searchTerms[0]))
&&
(t.Title.Contains(searchTerms[1])
|| t.Description.Contains(searchTerms[1]))
)
.Select(t => t)).Cast<Item>().ToList();
case 3:
return (db.Tasks
.Where(t =>
(t.Title.Contains(searchTerms[0])
|| t.Description.Contains(searchTerms[0]))
&&
(t.Title.Contains(searchTerms[1])
|| t.Description.Contains(searchTerms[1]))
&&
(t.Title.Contains(searchTerms[2])
|| t.Description.Contains(searchTerms[2]))
)
.Select(t => t)).Cast<Item>().ToList();
default:
return null;
}
}
}

Ed, I've run into a similiar situation. The code is below. The important line of code is where I set the memberList variable. See if this fits your situation. Sorry if the formatting didn't come out to well.
Randy
// Get all the members that have an ActiveDirectorySecurityId matching one in the list.
IEnumerable<Member> members = database.Members
.Where(member => activeDirectoryIds.Contains(member.ActiveDirectorySecurityId))
.Select(member => member);
// This is necessary to avoid getting a "Queries with local collections are not supported"
//error in the next query.
memberList = members.ToList<Member>();
// Now get all the roles associated with the members retrieved in the first step.
IEnumerable<Role> roles = from i in database.MemberRoles
where memberList.Contains(i.Member)
select i.Role;

Since you cannot join local sequence with linq table, the only way to translate the above query into SQL woluld be to create WHERE clause with as many LIKE conditions as there are elements in searchTerms list (concatenated with AND operators). Apparently linq doesn't do that automatically and throws an expception instead.
But it can be done manually by iterating through the sequence:
public override List<Item> SearchListWithSearchPhrase(string searchPhrase)
{
List<string> searchTerms = StringHelpers.GetSearchTerms(searchPhrase);
using (var db = Datasource.GetContext())
{
IQueryable<Task> taskQuery = db.Tasks.AsQueryable();
foreach(var term in searchTerms)
{
taskQuery = taskQuery.Where(t=>t.Title.ToUpper().Contains(term.ToUpper()) && t.Description.ToUpper().Contains(term.ToUpper()))
}
return taskQuery.ToList();
}
}
Mind that the query is still executed by DBMS as a SQL statement. The only drawback is that searchTerms list shouldn't be to long - otherwise the produced SQL statement won'tbe efficient.