Question

I bind two columns into a dropdown using SQL like this

string query = "Select Id,Name+':'+Distribution_name+' 'as Name1 from BR_supervisor where( (id not in (select SupId from tbluser where active='true')) and active='true' ) ";

    DropDownList3.DataTextField = "Name1";
    DropDownList3.DataValueField = "Id";
    DropDownList3.DataBind();

Now I want to transform my query into linq expression and bind the dropdown. How to do this?

Answer 1

var query = from s in db.BR_supervisor
            join u in db.tbluser.Where(x => x.active)
                 on s.id equals u.SupId into g
            where s.active && !g.Any()
            select new { 
                 s.Id, 
                 Name1 = s.Name + ":" + s.Distribution_name
            };

DropDownList3.DataTextField = "Name1";
DropDownList3.DataValueField = "Id";
DropDownList3.DataSource = query;
DropDownList3.DataBind();

This generates SQL like:

SELECT [t0].[Id], ([t0].[Name] + @p0) + [t0].[Distribution_name] AS [Name1]
FROM [BR_supervisor] AS [t0]
WHERE ([t0].[active] = 1) AND (NOT (EXISTS(
    SELECT NULL AS [EMPTY]
    FROM [tbluser] AS [t1]
    WHERE ([t0].[id] = [t1].[SupId]) AND ([t1].[active] = 1)
    )))