Question

i have a table

Id Number
1   9
2   10
3   12
4   19
5   20

select Id where Number is closest to 18
it should return row 4 which is 19

how do i write this in linq and tsql? thanks

Answer 1

(from q in table
 orderby Math.Abs(18 - q.Number)
 select q).FirstOrDefault()

and

SELECT TOP 1
    *
FROM
    table
ORDER BY
    ABS(10 - Number)

and for a datetime

var nearTo = new DateTime(1999, 12, 31);
(from q in table
 orderby Math.Abs((nearTo - q.Date).TotalSeconds)
 select q).FirstOrDefault()