LINQ count query returns a 1 instead of a 0

Question

I have the following view:-

CREATE VIEW tbl_adjudicator_result_view
AS
SELECT a.adjudicator_id, sar.section_adjudicator_role_id, s.section_id, sdr.section_dance_         


        

Answer 1

The point is: you're grouping your data in the LINQ query - and you'll always get at least one group.

That group's Count may be 0 - but the count of groups will be 1.

Answer 2

You're not doing the same thing in the LINQ query as in the SQL. COUNT(result_id) does not count distinct values of result_id - it counts non-null values.

Try this instead:

Count = grp.Select(p => p.result_id).Where(x => x != null).Count()