Question

I want to replicate this query in LINQ to SQL but am too unfamiliar with how to do it.

SELECT A.Recruiter, SUM(O.SaleAmount * I.Commission)  --This sum from fields in two different tables is what I don't know how to replicate
FROM Orders AS O
INNER JOIN Affiliate A ON O.AffiliateID = A.AffiliateID
INNER JOIN Items AS I ON O.ItemID = I.ItemID
GROUP BY A.Recruiter

I’ve got this far:

from order in ctx.Orders
join item in ctx.Items on order.ItemI == item.ItemID
join affiliate in ctx.Affiliates on order.AffiliateID == affiliate.AffiliateID
group order  //can I only group one table here?
  by affiliate.Recruiter into mygroup
select new { Recruiter = mygroup.Key, Commission = mygroup.Sum(record => record.SaleAmount * ?????) };

Answer 1

group new {order, item} by affiliate.Recruiter into mygroup 
select new {
  Recruiter = mygroup.Key,
  Commission = mygroup
    .Sum(x => x.order.SaleAmount * x.item.Commission)
}; 

And an alternative way of writing the query:

from aff in ctx.Affiliates
where aff.orders.Any(order => order.Items.Any())
select new {
  Recruiter = aff.Recruiter,
  Commission = (
    from order in aff.orders
    from item in order.Items
    select item.Commission * order.SaleAmount
    ).Sum()
};