Can we control LINQ expression order with Skip(), Take() and OrderBy()

Question

I\'m using LINQ to Entities to display paged results. But I\'m having issues with the combination of Skip(), Take() and OrderBy() calls.

Answer 1

One way:

var query = ctx.EntitySet.Where(/* filter */).OrderBy(/* expression */).ToList();
int total = query.Count;
var result = query.Skip(n).Take(x).ToList();

Convert it to a List before skipping. It's not too efficient, mind you...