linq join 3 tables with or condition - c#

I need to create a statement in LINQ with 3 tables and OR condition.
My function receives an integer, lets call it intZ. I have 3 tables: tableA, tableB and tableC.
tableA has columns int1, int2 and intB. intB is related to tableB.
problem: int1 or int2 of tableA can be intZ and it has to match with one tableC record.
I need an OR condition, but I have no idea where to place it. Does it go in the where clause? Or in the equals clause?
At the moment, I know how to join 3 tables, but the condition is killing me.
What is the difference between the two ways to create statements in linq? Is there a performance impact?
edit: Okay, now I think it's more clear. intZ has to be related with intC from tableC, and this number can be int1 or int2 of tableA.


Just add it to a Where. In Linq2Sql this will be translated to an inner join (with or) on tableB
from a in tableA
from b in tableB.Where(x => x.A == a.A || x.B == a.B)
select new { a, b };


You can't use an "or" condition in joins in LINQ, as it only supports equijoins. But you should be able to do it in a where clause with no problems. For example:
var query = from rowC in tableC
where rowC.intC == intZ
from rowA in tableA
where rowA.int1 == rowC.intC || rowA.int2 == rowC.intC
join rowB in tableB on rowA.intB equals rowB.intB
select new { rowA, rowB, rowC };


This may be helpful.
var locations = from r1 in
(from a in context.A
join b in context.B
on a.ID equals b.ID
select new
{
a.Prop1,
a.Prop2,
b.Prop3,
b.ID
})
join c in context.C
on r1.ID equals c.ID
select new
{
r1.Prop1,
r2.Prop2,
r2.Prop3,
c.Prop4
};


For the life of me, I couldn't get the .Where to work in my query (perhaps it's how I'm using LinqPad) but I was able to get the following to work:
from s in Stores
join a in Areas on s.AreaID equals a.ROWID
join r in Regions on a.RegionID equals r.ROWID
join e in Employees on 1 equals 1 // <-- produces a cartesian product
join t in Titles on e.TitleID equals t.ROWID
where e.AreaID == a.ROWID || e.RegionID == r.ROWID // <--filters the data based on OR stmt
where s.StoreNum == 469
select new { r.RegionName, a.AreaName, s.StoreNum, s.StoreName, t.JobCode, e.FirstName, e.LastName }


Try this:-
var result= tableA.SelectMany(a => tableB.Where(x => x.A == a.A || x.B == a.B), (a, b) => new {a, b});

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EF core 2.1 select/distinct

I'm using sql profiler to see sql generated by Ef core2.1,
this is my linq query :
var resulat = (from a in A
join b in B equals a.level=b.level
where ...
select new M1 {AId = a.id}).Distinct();
(from r in resulat
join c in C equals r.AId = c.AId
select new M2
{
CId = c.Id,
level = _helper(c.level)
}).Distinct();
Sql generated:
select t.AId,c.Id,c.level
from
(
select distinct a.id
from A a
inner join B b on a.level=b.level
where ...
) as t
inner join C c on t.AId = c.AId
What i want as result is :
select distinct c.Id,c.level
from
(
select distinct a.id
from A a
inner join B b on a.level=b.level
where ...
) as t
inner join C c on t.AId = c.AId
I have tried also using select/distinct with result IQueryable, but the sql generated is the same.
what i missed in my linq query or what i have to add to have this sql query

That's what worked for me:
Delete Distinct() from result query, this avoid adding t.AId to my selection.
Delete a helper method from one of my selection fields performe adding Distinct() to final query.
This is my query after correction:
var resulat = from a in A
join b in B equals a.level=b.level
where ...
select new M1 {AId = a.id};
(from r in resulat
join c in C equals r.AId = c.AId
select new M2
{
CId = c.Id
level = c.level
}).Distinct();
Many thanks for your comments, it really helped me.

I'm always a fan of querying the data you want directly from the table (well, DbSet) that returns the data. The process looks a bit like these steps:
I want C.Id and C.Level
That's context.Cs.
Which Cs do I want?
The ones that have a parent A, of which at least one B has the same 'level' as A and meets a couple of other criteria (the where ...).
That amounts to:
from c in context.Cs
where context.Bs.Any(b => b.level == c.A.level && <other criteria>)
select new { c.Id, c.Level }
If the where ... also contains filter criteria for A you can add predicates like && c.A == ... to the where.
Note that I assume a navigation property c.A to be present, otherwise to be created, because C has AId.

How to join 3 tables with linq

I am trying to join 3 tables in a query with Linq to get data from all 3 tables. Below is an image of the table schemes:
The query should select: SewagePlantName, CompanyName and Duty
In addition I need to restricts the SewagePlantId to a list of Ids that are given as:
var sewagePlantIds = UnitOfWork.GetAll<UserGroup>()
.Where(group => group.Id == webAppPrincipal.GroupId)
.SelectMany(group => group.SewagePlantId).Select(sewageplant => sewageplant.Id).ToList();
I have difficulties with the order of joining the 3 tables and where/how to restrict the SewagePlantId to the given list.

Can you try something similar to it please for joining part
from d in Duty
join c in Company on d.CompanyId equals c.id
join s in SewagePlant on c.SewagePlantId equals s.id
select new
{
duty = s.Duty.Duty,
CatId = s.Company.CompanyName,
SewagePlantName=s.SewagePlant.SewagePlantName
// other assignments
};

var obj = from trns in context.tblPartyRegistrations
join st in context.tblSellingTrans
on trns.PartyRegId equals st.Fk_PartyRegId
join pt in context.tblPartyRemainings
on trns.PartyRegId equals pt.fk_PartyId
select new
{
trns.Name,
trns.PhoneNo,
trns.Address,
st.RecivedAmount,
st.Date,
st.CustomerType,
st.MilkRate,
st.Mltr,
st.Mkg,
st.NtAmnt,
st.RemaningAmount,
pt.Remainingammount
};

Can we use if statement in linq for deciding to join or not?

I want to include a table in some conditions in Linq.
I am looking for sth like this:
var query = from x in context.Messages
if(x.senderID != 0)
{
join et in context.ETs on x.senderID equals et.ID
}
where x.Getter == SSN
select new { x.id, x.message}
Is this kind of approach possible or do I have to write two different linq queries and then I will combine them?

var query = from a in context.Messages
join b in context.ETs
on a.senderID equals b.ID
into temp
from b in temp.DefaultIfEmpty()
where a.Getter == SSN
select new { a.id, a.message}

LINQ join with OR

I want to do a JOIN with LINQ using an OR statement.
Here is the SQL query I'm starting with:
SELECT t.id
FROM Teams t
INNER JOIN Games g
ON (g.homeTeamId = t.id OR g.awayTeamId = t.id)
AND g.winningTeamId != 0
AND g.year = #year
GROUP BY t.id
I'm having trouble converting that ON clause to LINQ. This is where I'm at:
var y = from t in db.Teams
join g in db.Games on t.ID equals g.AwayTeamID //missing HomeTeamID join
where g.WinningTeamID != 0
&& g.Year == year
group t by t.ID into grouping
select grouping;
I think I could use:
join g in db.Games on 1 equals 1
where (t.ID == g.HomeTeamID || t.ID == g.AwayTeamID)
and this works but seems kind of seems hacky. Is there a better way?

I struggled with this as well until I found the following solution, which worked well for my situation:
var y = from t in db.Teams
from g in db.Games
where
(
t.ID == g.AwayTeamID
|| t.ID == g.HomeTeamID
)
&& g.WinningTeamID != 0
&& g.Year == year
group t by t.ID into grouping
select grouping;
Under the covers, your solution probably works very close to this one. However, I bet this one is just a bit faster if you benchmark it since it is not JOINING every item in the first dataset with every item in the second dataset, which could be a disaster if either (or both) dataset were really big.

The where clause applies a boolean condition, so using "||" is the way to go. You can chain multiple where clauses but I believe that will give you a "and" operation, rather than an "or".

I think you can do like this:
from t1 in db.Table1
// inner join with OR condition
from t2 in db.Table2 where t1.col1 == t2.col1 || t1.col2 == t2.col2
// normal inner join
join t3 in db.Table3 on t1.col1 equals t3.col1
// inner join with complex condition
join t4 in db.Table4 on t2.col4 equals t4.col4 where t2.col5.Contains(t4.col5)
// left join with OR condition
from t5 in db.Table5.Where(x => x.col5 == t1.col5 || x.col6 == t1.col6).DefaultIfEmpty()
select new {
x = 1 // select whatever you want here
}
The underlying SQL query probably won't use native sql joins but the above is just a way to make your code look pretty and organized.

What is the syntax for an inner join in LINQ to SQL?

I'm writing a LINQ to SQL statement, and I'm after the standard syntax for a normal inner join with an ON clause in C#.
How do you represent the following in LINQ to SQL:
select DealerContact.*
from Dealer
inner join DealerContact on Dealer.DealerID = DealerContact.DealerID

It goes something like:
from t1 in db.Table1
join t2 in db.Table2 on t1.field equals t2.field
select new { t1.field2, t2.field3}
It would be nice to have sensible names and fields for your tables for a better example. :)
Update
I think for your query this might be more appropriate:
var dealercontacts = from contact in DealerContact
join dealer in Dealer on contact.DealerId equals dealer.ID
select contact;
Since you are looking for the contacts, not the dealers.

And because I prefer the expression chain syntax, here is how you do it with that:
var dealerContracts = DealerContact.Join(Dealer,
contact => contact.DealerId,
dealer => dealer.DealerId,
(contact, dealer) => contact);

To extend the expression chain syntax answer by Clever Human:
If you wanted to do things (like filter or select) on fields from both tables being joined together -- instead on just one of those two tables -- you could create a new object in the lambda expression of the final parameter to the Join method incorporating both of those tables, for example:
var dealerInfo = DealerContact.Join(Dealer,
dc => dc.DealerId,
d => d.DealerId,
(dc, d) => new { DealerContact = dc, Dealer = d })
.Where(dc_d => dc_d.Dealer.FirstName == "Glenn"
&& dc_d.DealerContact.City == "Chicago")
.Select(dc_d => new {
dc_d.Dealer.DealerID,
dc_d.Dealer.FirstName,
dc_d.Dealer.LastName,
dc_d.DealerContact.City,
dc_d.DealerContact.State });
The interesting part is the lambda expression in line 4 of that example:
(dc, d) => new { DealerContact = dc, Dealer = d }
...where we construct a new anonymous-type object which has as properties the DealerContact and Dealer records, along with all of their fields.
We can then use fields from those records as we filter and select the results, as demonstrated by the remainder of the example, which uses dc_d as a name for the anonymous object we built which has both the DealerContact and Dealer records as its properties.

var results = from c in db.Companies
join cn in db.Countries on c.CountryID equals cn.ID
join ct in db.Cities on c.CityID equals ct.ID
join sect in db.Sectors on c.SectorID equals sect.ID
where (c.CountryID == cn.ID) && (c.CityID == ct.ID) && (c.SectorID == company.SectorID) && (company.SectorID == sect.ID)
select new { country = cn.Name, city = ct.Name, c.ID, c.Name, c.Address1, c.Address2, c.Address3, c.CountryID, c.CityID, c.Region, c.PostCode, c.Telephone, c.Website, c.SectorID, Status = (ContactStatus)c.StatusID, sector = sect.Name };
return results.ToList();

You create a foreign key, and LINQ-to-SQL creates navigation properties for you. Each Dealer will then have a collection of DealerContacts which you can select, filter, and manipulate.
from contact in dealer.DealerContacts select contact
or
context.Dealers.Select(d => d.DealerContacts)
If you're not using navigation properties, you're missing out one of the main benefits on LINQ-to-SQL - the part that maps the object graph.

Use Linq Join operator:
var q = from d in Dealer
join dc in DealerConact on d.DealerID equals dc.DealerID
select dc;

basically LINQ join operator provides no benefit for SQL. I.e. the following query
var r = from dealer in db.Dealers
from contact in db.DealerContact
where dealer.DealerID == contact.DealerID
select dealerContact;
will result in INNER JOIN in SQL
join is useful for IEnumerable<> because it is more efficient:
from contact in db.DealerContact
clause would be re-executed for every dealer
But for IQueryable<> it is not the case. Also join is less flexible.

Actually, often it is better not to join, in linq that is. When there are navigation properties a very succinct way to write your linq statement is:
from dealer in db.Dealers
from contact in dealer.DealerContacts
select new { whatever you need from dealer or contact }
It translates to a where clause:
SELECT <columns>
FROM Dealer, DealerContact
WHERE Dealer.DealerID = DealerContact.DealerID

Inner join two tables in linq C#
var result = from q1 in table1
join q2 in table2
on q1.Customer_Id equals q2.Customer_Id
select new { q1.Name, q1.Mobile, q2.Purchase, q2.Dates }

Use LINQ joins to perform Inner Join.
var employeeInfo = from emp in db.Employees
join dept in db.Departments
on emp.Eid equals dept.Eid
select new
{
emp.Ename,
dept.Dname,
emp.Elocation
};

Try this :
var data =(from t1 in dataContext.Table1 join
t2 in dataContext.Table2 on
t1.field equals t2.field
orderby t1.Id select t1).ToList();

OperationDataContext odDataContext = new OperationDataContext();
var studentInfo = from student in odDataContext.STUDENTs
join course in odDataContext.COURSEs
on student.course_id equals course.course_id
select new { student.student_name, student.student_city, course.course_name, course.course_desc };
Where student and course tables have primary key and foreign key relationship

try instead this,
var dealer = from d in Dealer
join dc in DealerContact on d.DealerID equals dc.DealerID
select d;

var Data= (from dealer in Dealer join dealercontact in DealerContact on dealer.ID equals dealercontact.DealerID
select new{
dealer.Id,
dealercontact.ContactName
}).ToList();

var data=(from t in db.your tableName(t1)
join s in db.yourothertablename(t2) on t1.fieldname equals t2.feldname
(where condtion)).tolist();

var list = (from u in db.Users join c in db.Customers on u.CustomerId equals c.CustomerId where u.Username == username
select new {u.UserId, u.CustomerId, u.ClientId, u.RoleId, u.Username, u.Email, u.Password, u.Salt, u.Hint1, u.Hint2, u.Hint3, u.Locked, u.Active,c.ProfilePic}).First();
Write table names you want, and initialize the select to get the result of fields.

from d1 in DealerContrac join d2 in DealerContrac on d1.dealearid equals d2.dealerid select new {dealercontract.*}

One Best example
Table Names : TBL_Emp and TBL_Dep
var result = from emp in TBL_Emp join dep in TBL_Dep on emp.id=dep.id
select new
{
emp.Name;
emp.Address
dep.Department_Name
}
foreach(char item in result)
{ // to do}

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