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how can I use "distinct" with all my property

I have a method that allows me to create an agent list.
This list of agents contains "Nom", "Prenom", "Matricule", "Mail".
I use.distinct() to sort them, but this only takes into account "Nom", "Prenom", "Matricule". This does not check if the emails are different. How do I proceed?
The creation of my agent list:
private ObservableCollection<AgentMailModel> _Agents;
public ObservableCollection<AgentMailModel> Agents
{
get
{
return _Agents;
}
set
{
if (value != _Agents)
{
_Agents = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("Agents");
}
}
}
foreach (Destinataire dst in (await _dataService.GetDestinatairesAsync()))
_TmpAgents.Add(new AgentMailModel() { Matricule = dst.Matricule, Nom = dst.Nom, Prenom = dst.Prenom, Mail = dst.Mail });
foreach (AgentModel ag in (await _dataService.GetAgentsContratsAsync()))
_TmpAgents.Add(new AgentMailModel() { Matricule = ag.Matricule, Nom = ag.Nom, Prenom = ag.Prenom, Mail = ag.Mail });
Agents = new ObservableCollection<AgentMailModel(_TmpAgents.Distinct());
My list in WPF :
My database :
As you can see :
It displays "carré" (cause "Nom" is different, It also works with a different "Prenom" or "Matricule) and only one "carre" (without "é").
Distinct() doesn't work with my Mails. Any tips ?

You have two possibilities.
First one is to create a class of IEqualityComparer and implement a full comparison.
you can find an example here.
The second one is to convert the objects to JSON, and made of comparison of strings instead of objects.

How to execute RawSql against the context

I currently have a project that I'm working on, which has a database connected to it. In said database I need to query some tables that don't have a relationship. I need to get a specific set of data in order to display it on my user interface. However I need to be able to reference the returned data put it into a list and convert it into json. I have a stored procedure that needs to just be executed against the context because it's retrieving data from many different tables.
I've tried using ExecuteSqlCommand but that doesn't work, because it returns -1 and can't put it into a list.
I've tried using linq to select the columns I want however it's really messy and I cannot retrieve the data as easily.
I've tried using FromSql, however that needs a model to execute against the context which is exactly what I don't want.
public string GetUserSessions(Guid memberId)
{
string sql = $"EXECUTE dbo.GetUserTrackByMemberID #p0";
var session = _context.Database.ExecuteSqlCommand(sql, memberId);
var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(session);
return json;
}
This is the ExecuteSqlCommand example, this returns -1 and cannot be put into a list as there will be more than one session.
public string GetUserSessions(Guid memberId)
{
var session = _context.MemberSession.Where(ms => ms.MemberId == memberId).Select(s => new Session() { SessionId =
s.SessionId, EventId = s.Session.EventId, CarCategory = s.Session.CarCategory, AirTemp = s.Session.AirTemp,
TrackTemp = s.Session.TrackTemp, Weather = s.Session.Weather, NumberOfLaps = s.Session.NumberOfLaps, SessionLength = s.Session.SessionLength,
Event = new Event() { EventId = s.Session.Event.EventId, TrackId = s.Session.Event.TrackId, Name = s.Session.Event.Name, NumberOfSessions =
s.Session.Event.NumberOfSessions, DateStart = s.Session.Event.DateStart, DateFinish = s.Session.Event.DateFinish, TyreSet = s.Session.Event.TyreSet,
Track = new Track() { TrackId = s.Session.Event.Track.TrackId, Name = s.Session.Event.Track.Name, Location = s.Session.Event.Track.Location, TrackLength
= s.Session.Event.Track.TrackLength, NumberOfCorners = s.Session.Event.Track.NumberOfCorners} } });
var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(session);
return json;
}
This is using Linq, however it's really messy and I feel there's probably a better way to do this, and then when retrieving the data from json it's a lot bigger pain.
public string GetUserSessions(Guid memberId)
{
var session = _context.MemberSession.FromSql($"EXECUTE dbo.GetUserSessionByMemberID {memberId}").ToList();
var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(session);
return json;
}
This is the ideal way I would like to do it, however since I'm using the MemberSession model it will only retrieve that data from the stored procedure which is in the MemberSession table, however I want data that is in other tables as well....
public string GetUserSessions(Guid memberId)
{
var session = _context.MemberSession.Where(ms => ms.MemberId == memberId).Include("Session").Include("Event").ToList();
var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(session);
return json;
}
I tried this way but because the Event table has no reference / relationship to MemberSession it returns an error.
As I've previously stated in the RawSql example I'm only getting the table data that is in the MemberSession table, no other tables.
There are no error messages.

using (var context = new DBEntities())
{
string query = $"Exec [dbo].[YOUR_SP]";
List<ResponseList> obj = context.Database.SqlQuery<ResponseList>(query).ToList();
string JSONString = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(obj);
}

Update collection from DbSet object via Linq

i know it is not complicated but i struggle with it.
I have IList<Material> collection
public class Material
{
public string Number { get; set; }
public decimal? Value { get; set; }
}
materials = new List<Material>();
materials.Add(new Material { Number = 111 });
materials.Add(new Material { Number = 222 });
And i have DbSet<Material> collection
with columns Number and ValueColumn
I need to update IList<Material> Value property based on DbSet<Material> collection but with following conditions
Only one query request into database
The returned data from database has to be limited by Number identifier (do not load whole database table into memory)
I tried following (based on my previous question)
Working solution 1, but download whole table into memory (monitored in sql server profiler).
var result = (
from db_m in db.Material
join m in model.Materials
on db_m.Number.ToString() equals m.Number
select new
{
db_m.Number,
db_m.Value
}
).ToList();
model.Materials.ToList().ForEach(m => m.Value= result.SingleOrDefault(db_m => db_m.Number.ToString() == m.Number).Value);
Working solution 2, but it execute query for each item in the collection.
model.Materials.ToList().ForEach(m => m.Value= db.Material.FirstOrDefault(db_m => db_m.Number.ToString() == m.Number).Value);
Incompletely solution, where i tried to use contains method
// I am trying to get new filtered collection from database, which i will iterate after.
var result = db.Material
.Where(x=>
// here is the reasonable error: cannot convert int into Material class, but i do not know how to solve this.
model.Materials.Contains(x.Number)
)
.Select(material => new Material { Number = material.Number.ToString(), Value = material.Value});
Any idea ? For me it is much easier to execute stored procedure with comma separated id values as a parameter and get the data directly, but i want to master linq too.

I'd do something like this without trying to get too cute :
var numbersToFilterby = model.Materials.Select(m => m.Number).ToArray();
...
var result = from db_m in db.Material where numbersToFilterBy.Contains(db_m.Number) select new { ... }

Lambda SQL Query / Manipulate String At Query Or After Result

I'm using C#, EF5, and Lambda style queries against SQL.
I have the usual scenario of binding data to gridviews. Some of the results for my columns may be too long (character count) and so I only want to display the first 'n' characters. Let's say 10 characters for this example. When I truncate a result, I'd like to indicate this by appending "...". So, let's say the following last names are returned:
Mercer, Smith, Garcia-Jones
I'd like them to be returned like this:
Mercer, Smith, Garcia-Jon...
I was doing something like this:
using (var context = new iaiEntityConnection())
{
var query = context.applications.Where(c => c.id == applicationPrimaryKey);
var results = query.ToList();
foreach (var row in results)
{
if (row.employerName.Length > 10)
{
row.employerName = row.employerName.Substring(0, Math.Min(10, row.employerName.ToString().Length)) + "...";
}
if (row.jobTitle.Length > 10)
{
row.jobTitle = row.jobTitle.Substring(0, Math.Min(10, row.jobTitle.ToString().Length)) + "...";
}
}
gdvWorkHistory.DataSource = results;
gdvWorkHistory.DataBind();
However, if I change my query to select specific columns like this:
var query2 = context.applications.Select(c => new
{
c.id,
c.applicationCode,
c.applicationCategoryLong,
c.applicationType,
c.renew_certification.PGI_nameLast,
c.renew_certification.PGI_nameFirst,
c.renew_certification.PAI_homeCity,
c.renew_certification.PAI_homeState,
c.reviewStatusUser,
c.dateTimeSubmittedByUser
})
The result appears to become read-only if specific columns are selected, and I really should be selecting just the columns I need. I'm losing my ability to edit the result set.
So, I'm rethinking the entire approach. There must be away to select the first 'n' characters on select, right? Is there anyway to append the "..." if the length is > 10 on select? That seems trickier. Also, I guess I could parse through the gridview after bind and make this adjustment. Or, perhaps there is a way to maintain my ability to edit the result set when selecting specific columns?
I welcome your thoughts. Thanks!

To quote MSDN
Anonymous types provide a convenient way to encapsulate a set of read-only properties into a single object without having to explicitly define a type first.
So you would have to define a class and select into that if you want read write capability.
e.g.
public class MyClass {
public int id { get; set; }
public string applicationCode {get; set; }
// rest of property defintions.
}
var query2 = context.applications.Select(c => new MyClass {
id = c.id,
applicationCode = c.applicationCode,
// Rest of assignments
};
As to just providing 10 character limit with ... appended. I'm going to assume you mean on the applicationcategoryLog field but you can use the same logic on other fields.
var query2 = context.applications.Select(c => new
{
c.id,
c.applicationCode,
applicationCategoryLong = (c.applicationCategoryLong ?? string.Empty).Length <= 10 ?
c.applicationCategoryLong :
c.applicationCategoryLong.Substring(0,10) + "...",
c.applicationType,
c.renew_certification.PGI_nameLast,
c.renew_certification.PGI_nameFirst,
c.renew_certification.PAI_homeCity,
c.renew_certification.PAI_homeState,
c.reviewStatusUser,
c.dateTimeSubmittedByUser
})

Cannot implicitly convert type '.List<AnonymousType#1>' to '.List<WebApplication2.Customer>'

In the following code that returns a list:
public List<Customer> GeAllCust()
{
var results = db.Customers
.Select(x => new { x.CustName, x.CustEmail, x.CustAddress, x.CustContactNo })
.ToList()
return results;
}
I get an error reporting that C# can't convert the list:
Error: Cannot implicitly convert type System.Collections.Generic.List<AnonymousType#1> to System.Collections.Generic.List<WebApplication2.Customer>
Why is that?
Here's a screenshot showing some additional information that Visual Studio provides in a tooltip for the error:
Is it right way to return some columns instead of whole table....?
public object GeAllCust()
{
var results = db.Customers.Select(x => new { x.CustName, x.CustEmail, x.CustAddress, x.CustContactNo }).ToList();
return results;
}

When you look the code:
x => new { ... }
This creates a new anonymous type. If you don't need to pull back only a particular set of columns, you can just do the following:
return db.Customers.ToList();
This assumes that Customers is an IEnumerable<Customer>, which should match up with what you are trying to return.
Edit
You have noted that you only want to return a certain subset of columns. If you want any sort of compiler help when coding this, you need to make a custom class to hold the values:
public class CustomerMinInfo
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public string Email { get; set; }
public string Address { get; set; }
public int? ContactNumber { get; set; }
}
Then change your function to the following:
public List<CustomerMinInfo> GetAllCust()
{
var results = db.Customers.Select(x => new CustomerMinInfo()
{
Name = x.CustName,
Email = x.Email,
Address = x.Address,
ContactNumber = x.CustContactNo
})
.ToList();
return results;
}
This will work, however, you will lose all relationship to the database context. This means if you update the returned values, it will not stick it back into the database.
Also, just to repeat my comment, returning more columns (with the exception of byte arrays) does not necessarily mean longer execution time. Returning a lot of rows means more execution time. Your function is returning every single customer in the database, which when your system grows, will start to hang your program, even with the reduced amount of columns.

You are selecting to an anonymous type, which is not a Customer.
If you want to do (sort of) this, you can write it like this:
return db.Customers.Select(x => new Customer { Name = x.CustName, Email = x.CustEmail, Address = x.CustAddress, ContactNo = x.ContactNo }).ToList();
This assumes the properties on your Customer object are what I called them.
** EDIT ** Per your comment,
If you want to return a subset of the table, you can do one of two things:
Return the translated form of Customer as I specified above, or:
Create a new class for your business layer that only has only those four fields, and change your method to return a List<ShrunkenCustomer> (assuming ShunkenCustomer is the name that you choose for your new class.)

GetAllCust() is supposed to return a List of Customer, Select New will create a list of Anonymous Types, you need to return a list of Customer from your query.
try:
var results = db.Customers.Select( new Customer{CustName = x.CustName}).ToList(); //include other fields

I guess Customer is a class you have defined yourself?
The my suggestion would be to do something like the following:
var results = db.Customers.Select(x => new Customer(x.Custname, x.CustEmail, x.CustAddress, x.CustContactNo)).ToList();
The reason is that you are trying to return a list of Customer but the results from your link is an anonymous class containing those four values.
This would of course require that you have a constructor that takes those four values.

Basically whatever u got in var type, loop on that and store it in list<> object then loop and achieve ur target.Here I m posting code for Master details.
List obj = new List();
var orderlist = (from a in db.Order_Master
join b in db.UserAccounts on a.User_Id equals b.Id into abc
from b in abc.DefaultIfEmpty()
select new
{
Order_Id = a.Order_Id,
User_Name = b.FirstName,
Order_Date = a.Order_Date,
Tot_Qty = a.Tot_Qty,
Tot_Price = a.Tot_Price,
Order_Status = a.Order_Status,
Payment_Mode = a.Payment_Mode,
Address_Id = a.Address_Id
});
List<MasterOrder> ob = new List<MasterOrder>();
foreach (var item in orderlist)
{
MasterOrder clr = new MasterOrder();
clr.Order_Id = item.Order_Id;
clr.User_Name = item.User_Name;
clr.Order_Date = item.Order_Date;
clr.Tot_Qty = item.Tot_Qty;
clr.Tot_Price = item.Tot_Price;
clr.Order_Status = item.Order_Status;
clr.Payment_Mode = item.Payment_Mode;
clr.Address_Id = item.Address_Id;
ob.Add(clr);
}
using(ecom_storeEntities en=new ecom_storeEntities())
{
var Masterlist = en.Order_Master.OrderByDescending(a => a.Order_Id).ToList();
foreach (var i in ob)
{
var Child = en.Order_Child.Where(a => a.Order_Id==i.Order_Id).ToList();
obj.Add(new OrderMasterChild
{
Master = i,
Childs = Child
});
}
}