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c# LINQ query to select whole object into new?

Not sure if i worded the question correctly, but what im trying to do is return a new viewmodel with one of the parts being a booking:
public class Booking
{
public int BookingId { get; set; }
public int CustomerId { get; set; }
public Guid UniqueId { get; set; }
public string EventId { get; set; }
public bool IsPaid { get; set; }
public double Price { get; set; }
public DateTime BookingDate { get; set; }
public DateTime DateBooked { get; set; }
[JsonIgnore]
public Customer Customer { get; set; }
[JsonIgnore]
public ICollection<BookingService> BookingServices { get; set; }
[NotMapped]
public IEnumerable<Service> Services { get; set; }
}
and my query is:
var customers = _dbContext.Customers
.Select(c => new CustomerBookingsViewModel
{
Customer = c,
Bookings = c.Bookings.Select(b => new Booking
{
BookingId = b.BookingId,
BookingDate = b.BookingDate,
DateBooked = b.DateBooked,
CustomerId = b.CustomerId,
UniqueId = b.UniqueId,
EventId = b.EventId,
IsPaid = b.IsPaid,
Price = b.Price,
Services = b.BookingServices.Select(s => s.Service)
}),
}
)
.ToList();
What I want to know is how to I select all the booking info into the booking without selecting each part, ie:
BookingId = b.BookingId,
BookingDate = b.BookingDate,
DateBooked = b.DateBooked,
CustomerId = b.CustomerId,
UniqueId = b.UniqueId,
EventId = b.EventId,
IsPaid = b.IsPaid,
Price = b.Price,
Can it be done or because the list of services is inside the booking model it cant?
Thanks.

You could implement the IClonable interface on your class.
public class MyClass : ICloneable
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public object Clone() => MemberwiseClone();
}
Usage:
var list1 = new List<MyClass>
{
new MyClass() { Id = 2 },
new MyClass() { Id = 5 }
};
var list2 = list1.Select(x => (MyClass)x.Clone()).ToList();
list2.First().Id = 10; //list1 won't be affected

You should use AutoMapper here to avoid writing each path.
https://automapper.org/
http://docs.automapper.org/en/stable/Getting-started.html

There is no other way, at least it is not related to LINQ or queries.
The question "How to clone an object" has been answered here:
Creating a copy of an object in C#

There is no LINQ way to do this. I would suggest using custom Attribute marking every property you want to copy. This would help if you want not to copy the whole object but some properties. After marking every property you need you can just set the marked props with reflection from one of the objects to the other.

Array inside list object, how to handle?

I have these two classes:
public class Order
{
public int ID { get; set; }
public int Output { get; set; }
public int Wharf { get; set; }
public int PartOf { get; set; }
public int[] Product { get; set; }
public int[] Quantity { get; set; }
public int[] Storage { get; set; }
public override bool Equals(Order obj)
{
// If parameter is null return false.
if (obj == null)
{
return false;
}
// Return true if the fields match:
return (ID == obj.ID);
}
}
public class RawOrderData
{
public int ID { get; set; }
public int Output { get; set; }
public int Wharf { get; set; }
public int PartOfID { get; set; }
public int ProductID { get; set; }
public int Quantity { get; set; }
}
Every order in the system is in the form as class Order, the array is used when there are more than one product in the order.
RawOrderData is created from a JSON string where every product in the order have its own object. I want to create a List<Order> where every order gets its own object in the list so there not are several orders with same order id when order contains more than one product.
// raw data is here the JSON string
rawdatalist = serializer.Deserialize<List<RawOrderData>> (rawdata);
// Convert raw objects to List<Order>, list of orders
List<Order> orders = new List<Order> ();
orders = ConvertRawOrderToList (rawdatalist);
private List<Order> ConvertRawOrderToList(List<RawOrderData> datalist)
{
List<Order> orders = new List<Order> ();
foreach (RawOrderData dataobj in datalist)
{
// Check if order exists in list
if (orders.Contains(new Order () {ID = dataobj.ID}))
{
// Order exists, add more products
// CODE HERE?
} else {
// order not existing, add new order to list
short storage = GetStorageArea(dataobj.ProductID);
orders.Add (new Order () {ID = dataobj.ID, Output = dataobj.Output, Wharf = dataobj.Wharf, PartOf = dataobj.PartOfID, Product = dataobj.ProductID, Quantity = dataobj.Quantity});
}
}
return orders;
}
Do I think correct with the ConvertRawOrderToList method? The problem is I don't know what to write in // CODE HERE?. When there is array inside the list-object I'm confused.
I'm also wondering how to access all values in the List<Order> orders.
The information to Storage[] is created from another method that have product ID as input.

It sounds like you have a "flattened" collection of objects that you want to group into Orders. If that's the case, a basic Linq projection would be simplest:
var orders = datalist.GroupBy(o => o.ID)
.Select(g => new Order {
ID = g.Key,
Output = g.First().Output,
Wharf = g.First().Wharf,
PartOf = g.First().PartOf,
Product = g.Select(o => o.Product).ToArray(),
Quantity = g.Select(o => o.Product).ToArray(),
})
.ToList();
Then you don't need to worry about overriding Equals (at least not for this purpose).
Where would I add the method for adding Storage also?
Since your GetStorageArea function takes a single ProductID you need to pass the product IDs to that function:
var orders = datalist.GroupBy(o => o.ID)
.Select(g => new Order {
ID = g.Key,
Output = g.First().Output,
Wharf = g.First().Wharf,
PartOf = g.First().PartOf,
Product = g.Select(o => o.Product).ToArray(),
Quantity = g.Select(o => o.Product).ToArray(),
Storage = g.Select(o => GetStorageArea(o.Product)).ToArray()
})
.ToList();

Add data to a list insde a list where item in the prerent list

I would like to select a where statement that adds items to a list where only product codes match. I have it so it gets all of the products sold in the sale but I would like there were statement to get only products in this sale.
PS: This is really hard to explain
Model
public class userSales
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public string UserName { get; set; }
public int Sale_Id { get; set; }
public int CostumerID { get; set; }
public string Sale_Date { get; set; }
public string Paid { get; set; }
public Nullable<int> Sale_Cost { get; set; }
public string Discount_Code { get; set; }
public List<SaleProduct> saleProductsList { get; set; }
}
public class SaleProduct
{
public int SaleID { get; set; }
public string ProductCode { get; set; }
public int ProductCount { get; set; }
public string Image_Path { get; set; }
public string Shoot_Date { get; set; }
public string Shoot_Info { get; set; }
}
Linq statement where I'm having trouble:
var test = (from _ClientData in db.ClientDatas
join _salesInfo in db.Sales_Infoes
on _ClientData.CostumerID
equals _salesInfo.CostumerID
where _ClientData.UserName == _userName
select new userSales()
{
CostumerID = _ClientData.CostumerID,
Name = _ClientData.Name,
UserName = _ClientData.UserName,
Sale_Id = _salesInfo.Sale_Id, // This is the item i would like to use in my were statement
Sale_Date = _salesInfo.Sale_Date,
Sale_Cost = _salesInfo.Sale_Cost,
Discount_Code = _salesInfo.Discount_Code,
Paid = _salesInfo.Paid,
// Problem here
saleProductsList = db.SaleProducts.Where()
}).ToList();
Got to this based on the answer:
var reult = db.ClientDatas.Where(a => a.UserName == _userName)
.Join(db.Sales_Infoes,
a => a.CostumerID,
b => b.CostumerID,
(a, b) => new userSales()
{
CostumerID = a.CostumerID,
Discount_Code = b.Discount_Code,
Sale_Cost = b.Sale_Cost,
Sale_Id= b.Sale_Id,
Name = a.Name,
Sale_Date = b.Sale_Date,
UserName = a.UserName,
Paid = b.Paid,
saleProductsList = db.SaleProducts.Where(c => c.SaleID == b.Sale_Id).ToList()
}).ToList();

You're not looking for a where, you're looking for a join. Where filters the results on a single table, join intersects two tables which is actually what you want here.
var result = db.Sales_Infoes.Where(x => x.UserName == _userName)
.Join(db.ClientDatas,
x => x.Sale_Id,
y => y.Sale_id,
(x, y) => new userSales() {
// x is SalesInfo obj y is ClientDatas obj do assignement here
Name = y.Name,
Sale_Date = y.Sale_date
}).ToList();
Just fyi I haven't had a chance to test that but it's the basic idea. You don't need a select like in your statement because the last argument I'm passing into join is the lambda (x, y) => ... in that case x and y are the current row from each table (that we've gotten from applying our where to the user sales table then joining those results into the salesproduct table) so whatever projections you want to do occur there. The other two method args above that are the telling join which fields to compare, it's the 'key selector' lambda expression for each table.

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 flatten sub collection in RavenDb? Index needed?

I am using RavenDb in C# web project. I have an object that I need to query its child collection with 1 row per child object and some of the root/parent object properties.
Note: This is not the actual design, just simplified for this question.
public class OrderLine
{
public string ProductName { get; set; }
public int Quantity { get; set; }
public DateTime? ShipDate { get; set; }
}
public class Order
{
public int OrderId { get; set; }
public string CustomerName { get; set; }
public DateTime OrderDate { get; set; }
public List<OrderLine> OrderLines { get; set; }
}
The order with the orderlines is one single document. ShipDate will be updated on each line because not all products are always in stock.
I need to be able to create a list of the last 10 products sent with the following columns:
OrderId
Customer
ProductName
ShipDate
This doesn't work because SelectMany is not supported:
var query = from helper in RavenSession.Query<Order>()
.SelectMany(l => l.OrderLines, (order, orderline) =>
new { order, orderline })
select new
{
helper.order.OrderId,
helper.order.CustomerName,
helper.orderline.ProductName,
helper.orderline.ShipDate
};
var result = query.Where(x => x.ShipDate.HasValue)
.OrderByDescending(x => x.ShipDate.Value).Take(10);
I believe the right thing to do isto create an Index that will flatten out the list but I haven't had any success. I don't believe a Map-Reduce situation will work because as I understand it will effectively does a group by which Reduces the number of documents to less rows (in the index). But in this case, I am trying to expand the number of documents to more rows (in the index).
I would rather not put each OrderLine in a separate document but I do not know what my options are.

Since you want to filter and sort by fields in the subclass, you'll need to make sure all the fields you want are indexed and stored.
public class ShippedItemsIndex
: AbstractIndexCreationTask<Order, ShippedItemsIndex.Result>
{
public class Result
{
public int OrderId { get; set; }
public string CustomerName { get; set; }
public string ProductName { get; set; }
public int Quantity { get; set; }
public DateTime ShipDate { get; set; }
}
public ShippedItemsIndex()
{
Map = orders =>
from order in orders
from line in order.OrderLines
where line.ShipDate != null
select new
{
order.OrderId,
order.CustomerName,
line.ProductName,
line.Quantity,
line.ShipDate
};
StoreAllFields(FieldStorage.Yes);
}
}
Then you can project from the index into your results.
var query = session.Query<Order, ShippedItemsIndex>()
.ProjectFromIndexFieldsInto<ShippedItemsIndex.Result>()
.OrderByDescending(x => x.ShipDate)
.Take(10);
var results = query.ToList();
Here is a complete test demonstrating.