Question

I want to return a dataset with some relations, the query is OK but I get the ID instead of the real value from the other table… This is the query

        var thr=
            from u in dc.thresholds
            select u;

This returns something like this:

id: 1
name: some name
type_id: 1
owner_id: 1

I want to get type_id and owner_id with the values of theese tables, so it can be something like:

id: 1
name: some name
type_id: Danger
owner_id: John Smith

I hope some of you could give me some advices, I’m starting with LINQ to SQL and I’m a bit lost…

Thank you

Answer 1

if you want show name value for type_id(type_name in other table) you should use join like this:

var thr=
            from u in dc.thresholds
        join y in dc.yourTable on u.type_id equal y.type_id
        select new{u.id,u.name,typeName=y.name,....};