Question

I have a LINQ-to-SQL query that runs through a table, that I want to select 3 sum’s – the sums of ‘Rate’ and ‘AdditionalCharges’, so I have something like this:

var sums = from d in dc.Deliveries
where d.TripDate == DateTime.Now
select new
{
    Rate = d.Rate,
    AdditionalCharges = d.AdditionalCharges
};

However, obviously this returns a new row for every delivery, which means I have to sum them up afterwards – which seems fairly inefficient. Is there an easier way?

Answer 1

If you use query syntax you can do something like the following

var data = dc.Deliveries.Where(d => d.TripDate == DateTime.Now)
var rateSum = data.Sum(d => d.Rate);
var additionalCharges = data.Sum(d => d.AdditionalCharges);

this is off the top of my head and not tested