Question

How can I group by multiple columns using linq projection?

Something like this:

var q = db.Areas.GroupBy(x => x.AreaCatId, x.AreaCatName, x.AreaId, x.AreaName);

Resulting in a flat result set such as:

AreaCatId, AreaCatName, AreaId, AreaName
0          US           1       FL 
0          US           2       NY 
1          Canada       3       BC

Answer 1

You can GroupBy an anonymous type:

var q = db.Areas.GroupBy(
            x => new 
                 {
                     CatId = x.AreaCatId, 
                     CatName = x.AreaCatName, 
                     Id = x.AreaId, 
                     Name = x.AreaName 
                 });