linq

C# LINQ question, Why need new here?

Why we need the new in the select statement on one of them? var runs = from sampleDataTable in db.SampleData from sampleInfoTable in db.SampleInfo where sampleDataTable.SampleInfo.SampleInfoId == sampleInfoTable.SampleInfoId select new {sampleDataTable.Timestamp, sampleDataTable.SampleDataId, sampleInf...

How to avoid "The name 'ConfigurationManager' does not exist in the current context" error?

I am using VS2008. I have a project connect with a database and the connection string is read from App.config via ConfigurationManager. We are using L2E. Now I added a helper project, AndeDataViewer, to have a simple UI to display data from the database for testing/verification purpose. I don't want to create another set of Entity Data...

Linq-to-Entities Dynamic sorting

This is my query, how can I use string as orderby parameter? string sortColumn="Title"; var items = (from ltem in ctxModel.Items where ltem.ItemID == vId orderby //something here select ltem).Skip(PageSize * PageIndex).Take(PageSize); UPDATE: I can't just OrderBy the result set, because I FI...

Can i use join with let in linq - c#

let order= _relationContext.Orders .Where(x => x.OrderNumber == orderNo) .Select(x => new { x.OrderNo, x.OrderDate }).Single() I want to try and do something like this let order = _relationContext.Orders join _relationContext.Products .Where(x => x.OrderNumber == orderNo && x.ProductId ...

Linq Distinct on list

I have a list like this: List people age name 1 bob 1 sam 7 fred 7 tom 8 sally I need to do a linq query on people and get an int of the number distinct ages (3) int distinctAges = people.SomeLinq(); how? how? ...

LINQ to XML Query Help

Hello, I am trying to get a "diff" of 2 xml documents and end up with a list of Elements that are different. Below is the XML, I was wondering if anyone can assist. In the case below, I want the list to contain the "file2.xml" element and the "file3.xml" element because they are both different or new than the first xml document. Than...

linq-to-sql combine .any expression

I need to filter out parent by property value of child collection. I am doing something like this: var results = (from c in db.Customers where c.Orders.Any(o => o.Status = (int)Status.Ordered) select c; It's fine but now I need to filter by 2 values, i.e. take all parent records that have any chilren records that have BOTH v...

Expand in linq not loading inner data collections from service.

I am seeing odd behavior with service queries! I am using MVVM pattern for a silverlight 3 app on 3.5 framework and Dataservices 1.5. The following code eager loads correctly the parent object and the child heirarchy perfectly IF and ONLY IF I am preloading the data. But I would like to fetch a different set of the parent object (and it...

Retrieve entities with children per one sql call. ADO.NET Entity framework

Hello everybody, I have two tables: A & B B { B1: Field1, B2: Field2, ... } A { Children: List of B, A1: Field1, A2: Field2, } I want to retrieve "A" entities with related "B" entities like this: DataContext.A.Select( a => new MySubset( A1 = a.A1, Children = a.Children.Select(b => b.B1).ToList())...

Entity Framework Base Repository

I'm trying to create a base repository for use with Entity Framework 4.0 and having some trouble. In this code below, why is it not possible to do this in one line? public IEnumerable<T> GetAll<T>(Expression<Func<T, bool>> filter) { IEnumerable<T> allCustomers = this.GetAll<T>(); IEnumerable<T> result = allCustomers.Where(filte...

Handling xml files with different structures and different names

I have a method and I want different users to pass me xml files. These files will have different names for the elements I am looking for and the elements I am looking for maybe at different structures. My first impression was that we should just tell them to pass in the xml in a standard format. However this is how they have their dat...

Load a Settings.settings into ListView?

Hi, I've managed to save ListView items to a System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection property settings using this LINQ one liner: My.Settings.Property1.AddRange(ListView1.Items.Cast(Of ListViewItem)().[Select](Function(a) String.Join(Convert.ToChar(Keys.Tab), a.SubItems.Cast(Of System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem.ListViewSubItem)(...

Linq Aggregate function

I have a List like "test", "bla", "something", "else" But when I use the Aggrate on it and in the mean time call a function it seems to me that after 2 'iterations' the result of the first gets passed in? I am using it like : myList.Aggregate((current, next) => someMethod(current) + ", "+ someMethod(next)); and while I put a breakp...

Use of var in linq

What does var really do in the following case? var productInfos = from p in products select new { p.ProductName, p.Category, Price = p.UnitPrice }; ...

The model item passed into the dictionary is of type 'System.Collections.Generic.Lis

Calling Index view is giving me this very very annoying error . Can anybody tell me what to do about it Error: The model item passed into the dictionary is of type 'System.Collections.Generic.List1[MvcApplication13.Models.Groups]', but this dictionary requires a model item of type 'MvcApplication13.Helpers.PaginatedList1[MvcApplication1...

Comparing Dates in LINQ and C#

I have a LINQ query which checks to see if there are any tests done since the beginning of the year. var MetersTestedCount = (from n in _mttDomainContext.MTTMeterTests where n.TestDate > DateTime.Parse("1/1/2010") select n.TestDate).Count(); This query however returns an e...

SharePoint - insert list item into a folder using LINQ

Hello, I am trying to use the new LINQ notation to add an item into a folder. I can add the item to the root of the list with: dataContext.MyList.InsertOnSubmit(mynewObject); But I can't find a way to make it go inside a folder. I am trying to avoid instanciating SPWeb, or SPSite objects. Thanks, Itay, ...

Merging ILists to bind on datagridview to avoid using a database view

In the form we have this where IntaktsBudgetsType is a poorly named enum that only specifies wether to populate the datagridview after customer or product (You do the budgeting either after product or customer) private void UpdateGridView() { bs = new BindingSource(); bs.DataSource = intaktsbudget.GetDataSource(this.comboBoxKun...

Problem with Mapping/Casting Linq-to-Sql on different Types

Hi, maybe someone can help. I want to have on mapped Linq-Class different Datatype. This is working: private System.Nullable<short> _deleted = 1; [Column(Storage = "_deleted", Name = "deleted", DbType = "SmallInt", CanBeNull = true)] public System.Nullable<short> deleted { get { return this._dele...

Problem in populating a dictionary using Enumerable.Range()

If I do for (int i = 0; i < appSettings.Count; i++) { string key = appSettings.Keys[i]; euFileDictionary.Add(key, appSettings[i]); } It is working fine. When I am trying the same thing using Enumerable.Range(0, appSettings.Count).Select(i => { string Key = appSettings.Keys[i]; string Value = appSettings[i]; euFileDic...