Question

I have 2 tables, for example let’s assume that this is the data:

users table:

 ------------------------------
|   user_id     |   username    |
 ------------------------------
| 1             | danny         |
| 2             | george        |
| 3             | lana          |
| 4             | kim           |
| 5             | tim           |
 ------------------------------

users_logins table:

     -----------------------------------------------
    | record_id | user_id   |   recorder            |
     -----------------------------------------------
    | 1         | 3         | 2012-11-06 04:18:26   |
    | 2         | 3         | 2012-11-06 04:31:05   |
    | 3         | 2         | 2012-11-06 03:44:22   |
    | 4         | 1         | 2012-11-06 04:18:58   |
    | 5         | 1         | 2012-11-06 04:30:15   |
    | 6         | 3         | 2012-11-06 04:31:05   |   X
    | 7         | 1         | 2012-11-06 05:53:47   |
    | 8         | 1         | 2012-11-06 05:55:15   |   X
    | 9         | 4         | 2012-11-06 05:59:31   |
    | 10        | 4         | 2012-11-06 06:12:55   |   X
     -----------------------------------------------

I want to show 3 recent logged in users, so the result will show only the rows that marked with X right to them, or in words unique recent logins.

How would the query look like?

Answer 1

I think this is what you want.

var resentLogedInUsers =
    users
        .Join(
            users_logins,
            u => u.user_id,
            l => l.user_id,
            (u, l) => new
                            {
                                User = u,
                                Login = l.recorder
                            })
        .GroupBy(j => j.User)
        .Select(l => new {User = l.Key, LastLogin = l.Max(d => d.Login)})
        .OrderByDescending(r => r.LastLogin)
        .Take(3);