Join two tables using LINQ Query and order based two parameters

Question

I have two tables Customers and Orders. I want a LINQ query to fetch list of all the orders placed by all the customers organized first by month and then by year. If there i

Answer 1

This is what you can do:

var res = from cust in db.Customers 
          join ord in db.Orders 
               on cust.customer_id equals ord.customer_id into g 
          from d in g.DefaultIfEmpty()
          orderby d.OrderDate.Year, d.OrderDate.Month
          select new { 
               name=cust.name, 
               oId = d.order_id.ToString() ?? "No Orders" 
          };