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How to filter a sublist inside parent and return parent with sublist filtered

I want to create a linq to sql query that will return a list of objects with a sublist that has been filtered.
It sounds easy but I'm not sure how to make this to work
Here the SQL Query which returns what I want:
select * from Texts t inner join Translations tt on t.TranslationId = tt.Id
inner join Pages p on tt.Id = p.TranslationId and tt.NeutralText = p.TitleNeutralTextId
where t.LanguageId = 1
Now I have to write this with linq.
What I've done so far is:
var query = this.Queryable() // Page entity
.AsNoTracking()
.Include(x => x.TitleTranslation.Texts);
return (from m in query
from l in m.TitleTranslation.Texts
where m.TitleTranslation.Texts.Any(l => l.LanguageId == 1)
select m);
But it didn't work because I got the sublist with all languages instead of language with id #1 only.
Thanks for helping,
David

Any specific reason you are writing query? Either you can use Eager Loading of EF to load all the child tables, Or below Linq statement can fetch the required result
var result = texts.Join(translations, t => t.TranslationId, tt => tt.Id, (t, tt) => new {t, tt})
.Join(pages, ttt => new { Id = ttt.tt.Id, NeutralTextId = ttt.tt.NeutralText }, p => new { Id = p.TranslationId, NeutralTextId = p.TitleNeutralTextId }, (ttt, p) => new {ttt, p})
.Where(tttt => tttt.ttt.t.LanguageId == 1);
Here replace texts, translations and pages with actual dbContext entities collection property.

I think you must try lime this. this will work for you .
This will be similar to sql query
One way to do this .
var result = from m in Texts
join Translations on Texts.TranslationId = Translation.Id
Join Pages on Translations.NeutralText = Pages.NeutralText
where Texts.LanguageId = 1
select m
There an other way to do this using entity framework
var result =
this.Queryable().AsNoTracking().Include(x=>x.Translations).Where(x=>x.LanguageId= 1)

I found the solution I wanted thanks to Hasnain Bukhari.
The solution was to start from the text table, assign the filter, include the desired Entity (Page) and put the results into memory (ToList()). Then select pages. It will give the result I want in the order I have to.
var query = textService.Queryable()
.AsNoTracking()
.Include(x => x.Translation.Pages)
.Where(x => x.LanguageId == languageId).ToList();
return query.SelectMany(x => x.Translation.Pages);

Linq Query with double sub queries

I am struggling converting the following SQL query I wrote into Linq. I think I'm on the right track, but I must be missing something.
The error I'm getting right now is:
System.Linq.IQueryable does not contain a definition for .Contains
Which is confusing to me because it should right?
SQL
select Users.*
from Users
where UserID in (select distinct(UserID)
from UserPermission
where SupplierID in (select SupplierID
from UserPermission
where UserID = 6))
LINQ
var Users = (from u in _db.Users
where (from up in _db.UserPermissions select up.UserID)
.Distinct()
.Contains((from up2 in _db.UserPermissions
where up2.UserID == 6
select up2.SupplierID))
select u);
EDIT: I ended up going back to SqlCommand objects as this was something I had to get done today and couldn't waste too much time trying to figure out how to do it the right way with Linq and EF. I hate code hacks :(

I think there is no need to do a distinct here (maybe I am wrong). But here is a simpler version (assuming you have all the navigational properties defined correctly)
var lstUsers = DBContext.Users.Where(
x => x.UserPermissions.Any(
y => y.Suppliers.Any(z => z.UserID == 6)
)
).ToList();
Above if you have UserID field in Supplier entity, if it is NOT you can again use the navigational property as,
var lstUsers = DBContext.Users.Where(
x => x.UserPermissions.Any(
y => y.Suppliers.Any(z => z.User.UserID == 6)
)
).ToList();

Contains() only expects a single element, so it won't work as you have it written. Try this as an alternate:
var Users = _db.Users
.Where(u => _db.UserPermissions
.Select(x => UserID)
.Distinct()
.Where(x => _db.UserPermissions
.Where(y => y.UserID == 6)
.Select(y => y.SupplierID)
.Contains(x))
);

I didn't try on my side but you can try using the let keyword:
var Users = (from u in _db.Users
let distinctUsers = (from up in _db.UserPermissions select up).Distinct()
let subQuery = (from up2 in _db.UserPermissions
where up2.UserID == 6
select up2)
where
distinctUsers.SupplierID== subQuery.SupplierID &&
u.UserID==distinctUsers.UserID
select u);

lambda linq not join c#

I have this query that returns me the names of the users whose userid is in access table and users, what I want is to give me back those userid of users who are not in access.:
var query = db.Users
.Join(db.Access, c => c.UserId, o => o.UserId,
(c, o) => new { c.UserId, c.Name });
In sql it´d be something like this:
SELECT Users.Name
FROM Access INNER JOIN
Users ON Access.UserId <> Users.UserId
What is the lambda expression equivalent to the sql script?

Use Except
var res = db.Access.Except(query);

You can also use ! Contains() like below:
//Get Access user ids into an array
var AccessUserIds = db.Access.Select(a => new {a.UserId}).ToArray();
//Users who are not in Access user id array
var Results = db.Users.Where(u => !AccessUserIds.Contains(u.UserId));

var exclude = db.Access.Select(p => p.UserId);
var us = db.Users.Where(q => !exclude.Contains(q.UserId)).ToList();
ViewBag.UsersId = new SelectList(us, "UserId", "Name");
Finally that is the right answer, the only difference is in the first line.
Thank you all!

Is there any way to optimize this LINQ to Entities query?

I was asked to produce a report that is driven by a fairly complex SQL query against a SQL Server database. Since the site of the report was already using Entity Framework 4.1, I thought I would attempt to write the query using EF and LINQ:
var q = from r in ctx.Responses
.Where(x => ctx.Responses.Where(u => u.UserId == x.UserId).Count() >= VALID_RESPONSES)
.GroupBy(x => new { x.User.AwardCity, x.Category.Label, x.ResponseText })
orderby r.FirstOrDefault().User.AwardCity, r.FirstOrDefault().Category.Label, r.Count() descending
select new
{
City = r.FirstOrDefault().User.AwardCity,
Category = r.FirstOrDefault().Category.Label,
Response = r.FirstOrDefault().ResponseText,
Votes = r.Count()
};
This query tallies votes, but only from users who have submitted a certain number of required minimum votes.
This approach was a complete disaster from a performance perspective, so we switched to ADO.NET and the query ran very quickly. I did look at the LINQ generated SQL using the SQL Profiler, and although it looked atrocious as usual I didn't see any clues as to how to optimize the LINQ statement to make it more efficient.
Here's the straight TSQL version:
WITH ValidUsers(UserId)
AS
(
SELECT UserId
FROM Responses
GROUP BY UserId
HAVING COUNT(*) >= 103
)
SELECT d.AwardCity
, c.Label
, r.ResponseText
, COUNT(*) AS Votes
FROM ValidUsers u
JOIN Responses r ON r.UserId = u.UserId
JOIN Categories c ON r.CategoryId = c.CategoryId
JOIN Demographics d ON r.UserId = d.Id
GROUP BY d.AwardCity, c.Label, r.ResponseText
ORDER BY d.AwardCity, s.SectionName, COUNT(*) DESC
What I'm wondering is: is this query just too complex for EF and LINQ to handle efficiently or have I missed a trick?

Using a let to reduce the number of r.First()'s will probably improve performance. It's probably not enough yet.
var q = from r in ctx.Responses
.Where()
.GroupBy()
let response = r.First()
orderby response.User.AwardCity, response.Category.Label, r.Count() descending
select new
{
City = response.User.AwardCity,
Category = response.Category.Label,
Response = response.ResponseText,
Votes = r.Count()
};

Maybe this change improve the performance, removing the resulting nested sql select in the where clause
First get the votes of each user and put them in a Dictionary
var userVotes = ctx.Responses.GroupBy(x => x.UserId )
.ToDictionary(a => a.Key.UserId, b => b.Count());
var cityQuery = ctx.Responses.ToList().Where(x => userVotes[x.UserId] >= VALID_RESPONSES)
.GroupBy(x => new { x.User.AwardCity, x.Category.Label, x.ResponseText })
.Select(r => new
{
City = r.First().User.AwardCity,
Category = r.First().Category.Label,
Response = r.First().ResponseText,
Votes = r.Count()
})
.OrderByDescending(r => r.City, r.Category, r.Votes());

how to convert T-SQL Query to linq

i have 4 table in SQL: DocumentType,ClearanceDocument,Request, RequestDocument.
i want when page load and user select one request, show all Document Based on clearanceType in RequestTable and check in RequestDocument and when exist set is_exist=true
I have written this query with SqlServer Query Editor for get result this Scenario but i can't convert this Query to Linq
select *,
is_Orginal=
(select is_orginal from CLEARANCE_REQUEST_DOCUMENT
where
DOCUMENT_ID=a.DOCUMENT_ID and REQUEST_ID=3)
from
DOCUMENT_TYPES a
where
DOCUMENT_ID in
(select DOCUMENT_ID from CLEARANCE_DOCUMENTS dt
where
dt.CLEARANCE_ID=
(SELECT R.CLEARANCE_TYPE FROM CLEARANCE_REQUEST R
WHERE
R.REQUEST_ID=3))
i write this Query in linq but not work
var list = (from r in context.CLEARANCE_REQUEST
where r.REQUEST_ID == 3
join cd in context.CLEARANCE_DOCUMENTS on r.CLEARANCE_TYPE equals cd.CLEARANCE_ID
join dt in context.DOCUMENT_TYPES on cd.DOCUMENT_ID equals dt.DOCUMENT_ID into outer
from t in outer.DefaultIfEmpty()
select new
{
r.REQUEST_ID,
cd.CLEARANCE_ID,
t.DOCUMENT_ID,
t.DOCUMENT_NAME,
is_set=(from b in context.CLEARANCE_REQUEST_DOCUMENT where
b.REQUEST_ID==r.REQUEST_ID && b.DOCUMENT_ID==t.DOCUMENT_ID
select new{b.IS_ORGINAL})
}
).ToList();
I want convert this Query to LINQ. Please help me. Thanks.

There is no need to manually join objects returned from an Entity Framework context.
See Why use LINQ Join on a simple one-many relationship?
If you use the framework as intended your job will be much easier.
var result = var clearanceTypes = context.CLEARANCE_REQUEST
.Single(r => r.REQUEST_ID == 3)
.CLEARANCE_DOCUMENTS
.SelectMany(dt => dt.DOCUMENT_TYPES)
.Select(a => new
{
DocumentType = a,
IsOriginal = a.CLEARANCE_REQUEST_DOCUMENT.is_original
});

Since your query won't be executed untill you iterate over the data, you can split your query in several subqueries to help you obtain the results like this:
var clearanceIds = context.CLEARANCE_REQUEST
.Where(r => r.REQUEST_ID == 3)
.Select(r => r.CLEARANCE_TYPE);
var documentIds = context.CLEARANCE_DOCUMENTS
.Where(dt => clearanceIds.Contains(dt.CLEARANCE_ID))
.Select(dt => dt.DOCUMENT_ID);
var result = context.DOCUMENT_TYPES
.Where(a => documentIds.Contains(a.DOCUMENT_ID))
.Select(a => new
{
// Populate properties here
IsOriginal = context.CLEARANCE_REQUEST_DOCUMENT
.Single(item => item.DOCUMENT_ID == a.DOCUMENT_ID &&
item.REQUEST_ID == 3)
.IS_ORIGINAL
})
.ToList();