How to do joins in LINQ on multiple fields in single join

Question

I need to do a LINQ2DataSet query that does a join on more than one field (as

var result = from x in entity
join y in entity2 
       on x.field1 = y.field1          


        

Answer 1

from d in db.CourseDispatches
                             join du in db.DispatchUsers on d.id equals du.dispatch_id
                             join u in db.Users on du.user_id equals u.id
                             join fr in db.Forumreports on (d.course_id + '_' + du.user_id)  equals  (fr.course_id + '_'+ fr.uid)

this works for me

Answer 2

Just to complete this with an equivalent method chain syntax:

entity.Join(entity2, x => new {x.Field1, x.Field2},
                     y => new {y.Field1, y.Field2}, (x, y) => x);

While the last argument (x, y) => x is what you select (in the above case we select x).

Answer 3

Using the join operator you can only perform equijoins. Other types of joins can be constructed using other operators. I'm not sure whether the exact join you are trying to do would be easier using these methods or by changing the where clause. Documentation on the join clause can be found here. MSDN has an article on join operations with multiple links to examples of other joins, as well.

Answer 4

As a full method chain that would look like this:

lista.SelectMany(a => listb.Where(xi => b.Id == a.Id && b.Total != a.Total),
                (a, b) => new ResultItem
                {
                    Id = a.Id,
                    ATotal = a.Total,
                    BTotal = b.Total
                }).ToList();

Answer 5

If the field name are different in entities

var result = from x in entity
   join y in entity2 on 
          new {
                field1=   x.field1,
               field2 =  x.field2 
             } 
          equals
         new { 
                field1= y.field1,
                field2=  y.myfield
              }
select new {x,y});

Answer 6

var result = from x in entity1
             join y in entity2
             on new { X1= x.field1, X2= x.field2 } equals new { X1=y.field1, X2= y.field2 }

You need to do this, if the column names are different in two entities.