Linq-to-Entities Left JOIN

Question

This is my query:

from forum in Forums
    join post in Posts on forum equals post.Forum into postGroup    

    from p in postGroup     
    where p.ParentP         


        

Answer 1

Forums
    .GroupJoin(PostGroup, f => f.ID, p => p.ForumID, (f, p) => new { Forum = f, PostList = p })
    .Where(anon => anon.PostList.Any(pl => pl.ParentPostID.Equals(0)))
    .OrderBy(anon => anon.Forum.ForumID)
    .Select(anon => new
    {
        Title = anon.Forum.Title,
        ForumID = anon.Forum.ForumID,
        LastPostTitle = anon.PostList.FirstOrDefault().Title,
        LastPostAddedDate = anon.PostList.FirstOrDefault().AddedDate,
    });

Something similar to this. I wasn't too sure because I didn't really have a view of the data model, but GroupJoin should be very similar to LEFT OUTER JOIN even though it doesn't realistically produce that in SQL.