Question

How can I form a Linq to sql Query for this code in SQL, I tried several things. This is my basic code:

List<Movie> movies =
(from item in db.Movies select item).ToList<Movie>();
return movies;

This is what I want as a result.

select (Won/Total) as 'rankPercentage'
from dbo.Filmranking
order by rankPercentage desc

Thanks

Answer 1

var movies =
    (from items in db.Movies
    select new { RankPercentage = item.Won / item.Total })
    .ToList();

At this point, movies will be a List<T> where T is a float or int depending on the underlying SQL type (which I cannot discern from your question). If you really want to project this back as a List<Movie>, you will need to project that as follows but your result is not likely to match your SQL table.

List<OtherMovieType> movies = 
    (from items in db.Movies 
     select new OtherMovieType() {
         Name = item.Name,
         RankPercentage = item.Won / item.Total
         })
       .ToList();