linq

building median for each string in IList<IDictionary<string, double>>

Actually i have a little brain bender and and just can't find the right direction to get it to work: Given is an IList<IDictionary<string, double>> and it is filled as followed: Name|Value ----+----- "x" | 3.8 "y" | 4.2 "z" | 1.5 ----+----- "x" | 7.2 "y" | 2.9 "z" | 1.3 ----+----- ... | ... To fill this up with some random data i use...

LINQ Searching Only Allowing Equivalency

Hi folks, I'm trying to filter a set of records based on a sub-object's criteria. This compiles ok recordList = recordList.Where(r => r.Areas.Where(a => a.Area == "Z").Count() > 0); but this doesn't recordList = recordList.Where(r => r.Areas.Where(a => a.Area <= "Z").Count() > 0); giving these errors Cannot convert lambda expressi...

How to convert this foreach loop into Linq code?

I am new one with Linq and I would like to modify my old c# code to use Linq. The idea of this code to select all tables where it's not set and reference’s field PrimaryTable equal "myTable" foreach (Table table in dbServer.Tables) { if (!table.IsSet) { foreach (Reference...

Subsonic 3.0 Query limit with MySQL c#.net LinQ

Hello, a quick question which may or may not be easily answered. Currently, in order to return a limited result set of data to my calling reference using SubSonic I use a similar function as below: _DataSet = from CatSet in t2_aspnet_shopping_item_category.All() join CatProdAssignedLink in t2_aspnet_shopping_li...

What makes a LINQ Association an EntitySet<table>?

I just finished using Linq to Sql to map our existing Database structure for use in a Thick Client app. While writing some Linq Methods to replace some Stored Procedures I noticed that sometimes I could do tblOne.tblTwo.MyDesiredField. I learned that there needed to be an association in the dbml for that to work. Well mine was missi...

LINQ causing my obfuscator to break

I have the following LINQ that is causing my obfuscator to break. .Where(f => f.FileName == fileName).OrderByDescending(f => f.Position).FirstOrDefault(); Is there another way I could reword this LINQ statement to test against my obfuscator? I've reported the bug, but it could take 1-2 months to fix, so I need to try recode this LIN...

Generate number sequences with LINQ

I try to write a LINQ statement which returns me all possible combinations of numbers (I need this for a test and I was inspired by this article of Eric Lippert). The method's prototype I call looks like: IEnumerable<Collection<int>> AllSequences( int start, int end, int size ); The rules are: all returned collections have a length ...

Should I invest time in learning about OR\M or LINQ?

I'm a .NET web developer primarily who occasionally writes console applications to mine data, cleanup tasks, etc. Most of what I do winds up involving a database which I currently design via sql server management studio, using stored procedures, and query analyzer. I also create a lot of web services which are consumed via AJAX applica...

Can someone please explain this lazy evaluation code?

So, this question was just asked on SO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2740001/how-to-handle-an-infinite-ienumerable My sample code: public static void Main(string[] args) { foreach (var item in Numbers().Take(10)) Console.WriteLine(item); Console.ReadKey(); } public static IEnumerable<int> Numbers() { int x =...

Linq. Help me tune this!

I have a linq query that is causing some timeout issues. Basically, I have a query that is returning the top 100 results from a table that has approximately 500,000 records. Here is the query: using (var dc = CreateContext()) { var accounts = string.IsNullOrEmpty(searchText) ? dc.Genealog...

LINQ query and lambda expressions

I'm trying to write a LINQ query and am having problems. I'm not sure if lambda expressions are the answer or not but I think they may be. I have two combo boxes on my form: "State" and "Color". I want to select Widgets from my database based on the values of these two dropdowns. My widgets can be in one of the following states: Not S...

ASP.NET LINQ to Delete Rows

Dim db As New SQLDataContext Try Dim deleteBoatPics = (From boat In db.Photos Where boat.boatid = id) db.Photos.DeleteOnSubmit(deleteBoatPics) db.SubmitChanges() Catch ex As Exception End Try I'm getting an error that says: Unable to cast object of type 'System.Data.Linq.DataQuery`1[WhiteWaterPhoto...

field<t> invalid cast

I'm having problems when using linq on a datatable.asenumerable(). This throws InvalidCastException. DateTime date=r.Field<DateTime>("date"); This works fine. DateTime date = DateTime.Parse(r.Field<string>("date")); What am I missing? Regards Sven ...

left outer join problem

I need to convert some SQL statement to LINQ. How convert LEFT OUTER JOIN to equivalent LINQ statement? ...

Can't get Sum() working in Northwind example

Hi, The following code is generating a runtime error and I have no idea why. from o in Orders group o by o.Employee into employeeOrders select new { employeeOrders.Key.EmployeeID, employeeOrders.Key.FirstName, Orders = from eord in employeeOrders orderby eord.OrderID select new { eord.Or...

LINQ Where clause problem

Hi again, When trying to do a query using LINQ in VB.net in order to select some employees of a datatable previously filled with a dataset I have a problem when using where clause. What I want is select all the employees of the datatable except those that appear in a list of excluded employees named CurrentExcludedEmployeesLst. So I fol...

Linq - get compare with transliterated value of fields

Hello! I have a table (sql server). One of its columns ('Name') Contains Cyrillic values. From parameters i recieve value, that contains in this fields but the are transliterated. i mean something like: 'Вася' -> 'Vasya'. And i need to transliterate value field first; var q = from r in m_DataContext.Table where CTransliteration.Trans...

Using linq what is the easiest way to conv list<long> to list<int>?

Using link what is the easiest way to convert a list of longs to a list of ints? I need it to be a list, if it cant be possibly i would like to see a solution with a int array or some kind f int container. ...

how to convert sql union to linq

I have the following Transact SQL query using a union. I need some pointers as to how this would look in LINQ i.e some examples wouldbe nice or if anyone can recommend a good tutorial on UNIONS in linq. select top 10 Barcode, sum(ItemDiscountUnion.AmountTaken) from (SELECT d.Barcode,SUM(AmountTaken) AmountTaken FROM [Aggregation].[dbo...

Query for existence of an object with LINQ (to Entities)

(I've put "...to Entities" in brackets since I don't know if this matters at all. I guess this is a quite general LINQ related question.) I want to check with LINQ (to Entities) if an object exists in the database. At the moment I am doing the following: using (MyEntitiesContext aCtx = new MyEntitiesContext()) { var aQuery = from c...