Question

I am trying to write equivalent linq code for following query.

SELECT A.*  
FROM  
(  
    SELECT * FROM TableA   
    WHERE id = 100  
) a  
JOIN   
(  
    SELECT Name, MAX(AnotherId) AnotherId   
    FROM TableA   
    WHERE id = 100  
    GROUP BY Name   
) b  
on a.Name  = b.Name and a.AnotherId = b.AnotherId   

This is the linq

var Collection = from R in DbContext.TableA  
join G in (DbContext.TableA.Where(r => r.Id == 100).GroupBy(r => new { r.Name, r.AnotherId } ).Select(g => new { Name = g.Name , AnotherId = g.Max(o => o.AnotherId) }))  
on new { R.Name, R.AnotherId } equals new { G.Name, G.AnotherId }  
where R.Id == 100  
select R;  

But I am getting following compilation error that I don’t know how to fix. Any thoughts

The type of one of the expressions in the join clause is incorrect. Type inference failed in the call to ‘Join’.

Error 7 ‘System.Linq.IGrouping’ does not contain a definition for ‘Name’ and no extension method ‘Name’ accepting a first argument of type ‘System.Linq.IGrouping’ could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

Answer 1

You group by r.Name, r.AnotherId, when you just want to group by r.Name.

var Collection = from R in DbContext.TableA  
join G in (DbContext.TableA
                      .Where(r => r.Id == 100)
                      .GroupBy(r => r.Name)
                      .Select(g => new { Name = g.Key , AnotherId = g.Max(o => o.AnotherId) }))  
on new { R.Name, R.AnotherId } equals new { G.Name, G.AnotherId }  
where R.Id == 100  
select R; 

And to have all in Fluent Syntax

var collection = DbContext.TableA
                          .Where(t1 => t1.Id == 100)
                          .Join(DbContext.TableA
                                .Where(t2 => t2.Id == 100)
                                .GroupBy(t2 => t2.Name)
                                .Select(group => new{Name = group.Key, 
                                                      AnotherId = group.Max(e => e.AnotherId)})
                                 ),
                                 t1 => new{t1.Name, t1.AnotherId} ,
                                 t2 => new{t2.Name, t2.AnotherId},
                                 (t1, t2) => t1);