Question

Is it possible to group rows with columns and have the remaining data merged in another column ?

Here’s an image to better understand the question and see what I want to achieve:

The wanted result http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/9227/linqgroupingquestion.gif

You can see the grouping by IdPlace, IdInternship and the new column IdUsers made with details, or composition of user ids.

I don’t care if I cannot work anymore with data in new column, it’s for display.

Answer 1

You’re looking for something like:

var result = 
  collection.GroupBy(x => new { x.IdPlace, x.IdInternship })
    .Select(x => new { x.Key.IdPlace, x.Key.IdInternship,
           IdUsers = String.Join(", ", 
                        x.Select(c => c.IdUser.ToString()).ToArray()) });

(.ToArray() is unnecessary in .NET 4.0)