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How to write LINQ query for fetching the specific records and generating new result at the same time?

I have to update one field in the row of the table after fetching two records from the same row. As an easiest practice I have fetched two records individually, created a new value and then updating that particular property through Entity framework. I think there is a better way to do the same thing with less code. If any body can suggest please.
if (objModel.amountpaid==0)
{
using (estatebranchEntities db=new estatebranchEntities())
{
int rentVar = Convert.ToInt32(db.PropertyDetails.Where(m => m.propertyid == objVM.propertyid).Select(m => m.rent).SingleOrDefault());
int balanceVar = Convert.ToInt32(db.PropertyDetails.Where(m => m.propertyid == objVM.propertyid).Select(m => m.balance).SingleOrDefault());
int balanceUpdateVar = (rentVar + balanceVar);
var propInfo = new PropertyDetail() { balance = balanceUpdateVar };
//var result = (from a in db.PropertyDetails
// where a.propertyid == objVM.propertyid
// select new PropertyDetail
// {
// rent = a.rent,
// balance = a.balance
// }).ToList();
db.PropertyDetails.Attach(propInfo);
db.Entry(propInfo).Property(z => z.balance).IsModified = true;
db.SaveChanges();
}
}

Here is what I think you can do.
Fetch the data once and update once.
using (estatebranchEntities db=new estatebranchEntities())
{
var propDetails = db.PropertyDetails.FirstOrDefault(m => m.propertyid == objVM.propertyid);
if (propDetails != null)
{
int rentVar = Convert.ToInt32(propDetails.rent);
int balanceVar = Convert.ToInt32(propDetails.balance);
int balanceUpdateVar = rentVar + balanceVar;
//now do the update
propDetails.balance = balanceUpdateVar;
db.Entry(proDetails).State = EntityState.Modified;
db.SaveChanges();
}
}
if you need to use the rentVar,balanceVar or the balanceUpdateVar, outside of the using statement then declare them outside it.

How to pass a list of strings through webapi and get the results without those strings?

My code already gets the table without containing a string. How can I get a list without containing a list of strings? I want to get the result of SELECT * FROM table WHERE column NOT IN ('x' ,'y');
public IEnumerable<keyart1> Get(string keyword)
{
List<keyart1> keylist;
using (dbEntities5 entities = new dbEntities5())
{
keylist = entities.keyart1.Where(e => e.keyword != keyword).ToList();
var result = keylist.Distinct(new ItemEqualityComparer());
return result;
}
}

I think i found the answer if anybody interested
public IEnumerable<keyart1> Get([FromUri] string[] keyword1)
{
List<keyart1> keylist;
List<IEnumerable<keyart1>> ll;
using (dbEntities5 entities = new dbEntities5())
{
ll = new List<IEnumerable<keyart1>>();
foreach (var item in keyword1)
{
keylist = entities.keyart1.Where(e => e.keyword != item).ToList();
var result = keylist.Distinct(new ItemEqualityComparer());
ll.Add(result);
}
var intersection = ll.Aggregate((p, n) => p.Intersect(n).ToList());
return intersection;
}
}

LINQ Dynamic Query with group by and string variable

I want to create a dynamic query with LINQ-to-SQL and everything works except for one thing: group by. I looked at the other questions but haven't found a reason so far why it does not work.
I use using System.Linq.Dynamic; with the following query (that works):
int numberOfRankedItems = 3;
string minMaxChoice = "max";
string orderBy = "";
if (minMaxChoice == "max")
{
orderBy = "queryGroup.Sum(row => row.POSITIONVALUE) descending";
} else if (minMaxChoice == "min")
{
orderBy = "queryGroup.Sum(row => row.POSITIONVALUE) ascending";
}
string minMaxFeatureColumnName = "BRANDNAME";
string selectMinMaxFeature = "new { minMaxFeature = queryGroup.Key." + minMaxFeatureColumnName + ", sumPosition = queryGroup.Sum(row => row.POSITIONVALUE)}";
var query = (from tableRow in Context.xxx
where /* some filters */
group tableRow by tableRow.BRANDNAME into queryGroup
orderby orderBy
select selectMinMaxFeature).Take(numberOfRankedItems).ToList();
The use of variables for orderby and select works fine, but for group by not no matter what I try to replace with a variable. The query actually works if I e.g. use a variable instead of tableRow.BRANDNAME but the query returns the wrong result. The goal is to be able to set the column for the grouping dynamically.
Ideas?
Thanks
Edit: there seem to be multiple issues also with the other variables. So I generalize the question a bit: how can I generalize the following query in terms of
The column to group by
The column to order by + ASC or DESC
In the select statement the columnname of the first statement (BRANDNAME)
Here is the query:
var query = (from tableRow in ctx.xxx
where /* filter */
group tableRow by new { tableRow.BRANDNAME } into queryGroup
orderby queryGroup.Sum(row => row.POSITIONVALUE) descending
select new { minMaxFeature = queryGroup.Key.BRANDNAME, sumPosition = queryGroup.Sum(row => row.POSITIONVALUE) }).Take(numberOfRankedItems).ToList();
Would be great without expression trees ;)

I have now elaborated a solution to the question:
The solution uses as before using System.Linq.Dynamic; allows now to set certain variables. In the end it returns a dictionary.
// set variables
int numberOfRankedItems;
if (queryData.NumberOfRankedItems != null)
{
numberOfRankedItems = (int) queryData.NumberOfRankedItems;
} else
{
numberOfRankedItems = 0;
}
string minMaxChoice = queryData.MinMaxChoice;
string minMaxFeatureColumnName = queryData.MinMaxFeatureColumnName;
string orderByPrompt = "";
if (minMaxChoice == "max")
{
orderByPrompt = "it.Sum(POSITIONVALUE) descending";
} else if (minMaxChoice == "min")
{
orderByPrompt = "it.Sum(POSITIONVALUE) ascending";
}
string groupByPrompt = queryData.MinMaxFeatureColumnName;
// execute query
IQueryable query = (from tableRow in Context.xxx
where /* some filters */
select tableRow).
GroupBy(groupByPrompt, "it").
OrderBy(orderByPrompt).
Select("new (it.Key as minMaxFeature, it.Sum(POSITIONVALUE) as sumPosition)").
Take(numberOfRankedItems);
// create response dictionary
Dictionary<int?, Dictionary<string, int?>> response = new Dictionary<int?, Dictionary<string, int?>>();
int count = 1;
foreach (dynamic item in query)
{
string minMaxFeatureReturn = item.GetType().GetProperty("minMaxFeature").GetValue(item);
int? sumPositionReturn = item.GetType().GetProperty("sumPosition").GetValue(item);
response[count] = new Dictionary<string, int?>() { { minMaxFeatureReturn, sumPositionReturn } };
count++;
}
return response;

How can I ensure rows are not loaded twice with EF / LINQ

I created code to load definitions from an external API. The code iterates through a list of words, looks up a definition for each and then I thought to use EF to insert these into my SQL Server database.
However if I run this twice it will load the same definitions the second time. Is there a way that I could make it so that EF does not add the row if it already exists?
public IHttpActionResult LoadDefinitions()
{
var words = db.Words
.AsNoTracking()
.ToList();
foreach (var word in words)
{
HttpResponse<string> response = Unirest.get("https://wordsapiv1.p.mashape.com/words/" + word)
.header("X-Mashape-Key", "xxxx")
.header("Accept", "application/json")
.asJson<string>();
RootObject rootObject = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(response.Body);
var results = rootObject.results;
foreach (var result in results)
{
var definition = new WordDefinition()
{
WordId = word.WordId,
Definition = result.definition
};
db.WordDefinitions.Add(definition);
}
db.SaveChanges();
}
return Ok();
}
Also would appreciate if anyone has any suggestions as to how I could better implement this loading.

foreach (var result in results)
{
if(!(from d in db.WordDefinitions where d.Definition == result.definition select d).Any())
{
var definition = new WordDefinition()
{
WordId = word.WordId,
Definition = result.definition
};
db.WordDefinitions.Add(definition);
}
}

You can search for Definition value.
var wd = db.WordDefinition.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Definition == result.definition);
if(wd == null) {
var definition = new WordDefinition() {
WordId = word.WordId,
Definition = result.definition
};
db.WordDefinitions.Add(definition);
}
In this way you can get a WordDefinition that already have your value.
If you can also use WordId in the same way:
var wd = db.WordDefinition.FirstOrDefault(x => x.WordId == word.WordId);

Entity Framework Timeout Error

I have this method
public static List<SummaryItinerary> ReturnBookingsByUserGuid(Guid userGuid)
{
var entities = new gHOPEntities();
var results = from itinerary in entities.Itinerary
where itinerary.UserGuid == userGuid
where itinerary.Booking
select new SummaryItinerary()
{
TourTitle = itinerary.Tours.Title,
TourId = itinerary.Tours.TourId,
TourSEOName =
itinerary.Tours.SEOName,
DepartureDate =
itinerary.DepartureDate,
Passengers = itinerary.Passengers,
Nights = itinerary.Nights,
GrandTotal = itinerary.GrandTotal,
AmountPaid = itinerary.AmountPaid,
CreationDate =
itinerary.CreationDate
};
var summaryItineraryList = new List<SummaryItinerary>();
foreach(var summaryItinerary in results)
{
summaryItineraryList.Add(summaryItinerary);
}
return summaryItineraryList.OrderByDescending(i =>
i.CreationDate).ToList();
}
This method fails when I call it. A timeout error is returned. However, when I put a breakpoint at the for loop, it passes. Why is this happening?
Thanks,
Sachin

This is beacuse in loop:
foreach(var summaryItinerary in results)
on every element it looks into database. This is enumerable, so access is through each element, and every element iteration checks database. To avoid that do following:
var tmp = results.ToList();
foreach(var summaryItinerary in tmp)