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Linq with Lambda - how do I restrict joined table rows?

I want to use Linq to duplicate this T-SQL query on a sports teams database, to look up the experienced players in handball teams:
Select TE.TeamName, PL.FirstName, PL.LastName
From T_Team as TE
Inner Join T_Player As PL
On PL.Team_ID = TE.Team_ID
And PL.ExpLevel = 'Experienced'
Where TE.SportName = 'Handball'
I've tried creating two entities for my two tables:
public class TTeam
{
public int TeamId { get; set; }
public string TeamName { get; set; }
public string SportName { get; set; }
public virtual List<TPlayer> TeamPlayers { get; set; }
// Called in the context OnModelCreating() method
public static void CreateModel(EntityTypeBuilder<TTeam> p_ebpTable)
{
p_etbTable.ToTable("T_TEAM");
p_etbTable.HasKey(t => new { t.TeamId }).HasName("PK_TEAMID_T_TEAM");
// Column definitions
// Foreign Keys
p_etbTable.HasMany(t => t.TeamPlayers).
WithOne(p => p.CurrentTeam).
HasPrincipalKey(t => t.TeamId).
HasForeignKey(p => p.TeamId);
}
}
and
public class TPlayer
{
public int PlayerId { get; set; }
public int TeamId { get; set; }
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
public string ExpLevel { get; set; }
public virtual TTeam CurrentTeam { get; set; }
// Called in the context OnModelCreating() method
public static void CreateModel(EntityTypeBuilder<TPlayer> p_ebpTable)
{
p_etbTable.ToTable("T_PLAYER");
p_etbTable.HasKey(t => new { t.PlayerId }).HasName("PK_PLAYERID_T_PLAYER");
// Column definitions
// Foreign Keys
p_etbTable.HasOne(p => p.CurrentTeam).
WithMany(t => t.TeamPlayers).
HasForeignKey(p => p.TeamId).
HasPrincipalKey(t => t.TeamId);
}
}
then use them in
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
IEnumerable<TTeam> z_enbHandballTeams = z_dbcDbContext.TTeamRepository
.Where(te => te.SportName == "Handball")
.Include(te => te.TeamPlayers.Where(pl => pl.ExpLevel == "Experienced"));
but looping through z_enbHandballTeams in a foreach, throws an InvalidOperationException with the message "Lambda expression used inside Include is not valid".
(I guess it goes without saying that ExpLevel is a number and SportName is actually SportId, but I felt it would look easier to read that way.)
What am I doing wrong?

EF Core 3.1.x do not support filtered Include. Workaround is to do that via Select
var z_enbHandballTeams = z_dbcDbContext.TTeamRepository
.Where(te => te.SportName == "Handball")
.Select(te => new TTeam
{
TeamId = te.TeamId,
TeamName = te.TeamName,
SportName = te.SportName,
TeamPlayers = te.TeamPlayers.Where(pl => pl.ExpLevel == "Experienced")
.ToList()
});

Compare object with an array with another array

I have a model Group:
public class GroupModel
{
[Key]
public int GroupModelId { get; set; }
[Required]
[MaxLength(50)]
[DataType(DataType.Text)]
public string GroupName { get; set; }
[Required]
public virtual ICollection<FocusArea> FocusAreas { get; set; }
...
And a model Focus:
public class FocusArea
{
public int FocusAreaId { get; set; }
public FocusEnum Focus { get; set; }
public List<ApplicationUser> ApplicationUser { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<GroupModel> GroupModel { get; set; }
public enum FocusEnum
{
Psych,
Medical,
LivingWith
}
Group and Focus has a many-to-many relationship. My Controller is receiving:
public ActionResult GroupSearch(string[] focusSelected) // Values possible are Pysch, Medical and LivingWith
{
List<GroupModel> groups;
...
Problem: I want to select the groups that have all the focus that are inside the focusSelected array.
What I've tried:
groups = groups.Where(t => t.FocusAreas.Where(x => focusSelected.Contains(x.Focus))).ToList()).ToList();
Obviously not working. Does anyone have another idea?

This may help you
var result = groups.Where(g => g.FocusAreas.All(f => focusSelected
.Any(fs => (FocusEnum)Enum.Parse(typeof(FocusEnum), fs, true) == f.Focus)));

Where needs a delegate / expression that returns bool. In your sample - you are putting Where inside Where, where Where returns collection.
Changing inner Where to All should do the trick:
var allSelParsed = focusSelected.Select(s => (FocusEnum)Enum.Parse(typeof(FocusEnum), s)
.ToList();
groups = groups.Where(gr => allSelParsed.All(selected =>
gr.FocusAreas.Any(fc =>
fc.Focus == selected)))
.ToList();

This should give you expected result
var result = groups.Where(g =>
focusSelected.All(fs =>
g.FocusAreas.Any(fa => fa.ToString() == fs)));

Using a calculated value in the OrderBy clause with EF

I'm trying to use a calculated value in my OrderBy clause in a LINQ query.
The error I am getting is:
DbArithmeticExpression arguments must have a numeric common type.
My model looks like this:
public class PostModel
{
public int ID { get; set; }
public DateTime Created { get; set; }
public string Title { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
public string FilePath { get; set; }
public float Rank { get; set; }
public UserProfile Creator { get; set; }
public bool ShowPost { get; set; }
public PostModel()
{
Created = DateTime.Now;
Rank = 0;
ShowPost = false;
}
}
and I'm trying to select posts using this:
var todaysDate = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-10);
var result = _database.Posts
.Where(p => p.ShowPost == true)
.OrderBy(x => ((float)x.Rank) - (((float)(x.Created - todaysDate).TotalDays)) / 2f)
.Skip(page * StaticVariables.ResponseDataPageSize)
.Take(StaticVariables.ResponseDataPageSize)
.Select(s => new
{
id = s.ID,
rank = s.Rank,
title = s.Title,
description = s.Description
}
);
It's the order by causing the error. I first thought it was that I was not casting all my variables to the same type, but adding (float) does not seem to help.
The purpose of the code is to make make high ranking posts fall down the list over time as to allow newer information to be shown.
Any ideas?

Use EntityFunctions in LinqToEntity:
EntityFunctions.DiffDays(todaysDate, x.Created)

How to query a child object

public class Employee
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Title { get; set;}
//....other fields....
//......
//public Topics Interest { get; set; }
public IList<Topics> Interests { get; set; }
}
public class Topics
{
public int Id { get; set; } ;
public string Name { get; set; } ;
//other fields
}
public static IQueryable<EmployeeObject> QueryableSQL()
{
IQueryable<EmployeeObject> queryable = EmployeeRepository.GetAllEmployee();
}
My above data structure has Employee and within it has multiple interests and each interest has multiple topics
My Question is:
How would i search Employee.Interests.Name ?
//i need help construct the linq....
//the below will not work and look for something in the `EmployeeObject` rather in `Interests`
IList<EmployeeObject> _emps = QueryableSQL().Where(x => x.Name== "Chess").ToList();

It depends on what you want. Do you want items where any of their interests match a given value?
var query = QueryableSQL().Where(employee =>
employee.Interests.Any(interest => interest.Name == "Chess"));
When you've been able to explain in English the query that you want the translation to LINQ will be a lot easier.

You can use Any on the child collection to find matching EmployeeObjects
IList<EmployeeObject> _emps =
QueryableSQL().Where(x => x.Interests
.Any(i => i.Name== "Chess"))
.ToList();

Joining two tables with one to many relatipnship in entity framework code first

i have
public class Menu
{
public int ID { get; set;}
public List<Task> Tasks { get; set; }
}
public class Task
{
public int ID { get; set; }
public byte[] Image { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
}
i would like to know all tasks which has a certain List ID using LINQ queries

Try
var result = Menus.Where(menu => menu.ID == id)
.Select(menu => menu.Tasks)
.FirstOrDefault();
Also you may want to peruse http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/101-LINQ-Samples-3fb9811b as this would answer most of your queries like the above.

You can use Enumerable.Where
var list = Tasks.Where(l=>l.ID ==x);
or
var list = from t in Tasks
where t.ID == x
select t;
x will be the id you need to compare