Question

Let’s say I have this SQL:

SELECT p.ParentId, COUNT(c.ChildId) FROM ParentTable p   LEFT OUTER JOIN ChildTable c ON p.ParentId = c.ChildParentId GROUP BY p.ParentId 

How can I translate this into LINQ to SQL? I got stuck at the COUNT(c.ChildId), the generated SQL always seems to output COUNT(*). Here’s what I got so far:

from p in context.ParentTable join c in context.ChildTable on p.ParentId equals c.ChildParentId into j1 from j2 in j1.DefaultIfEmpty() group j2 by p.ParentId into grouped select new { ParentId = grouped.Key, Count = grouped.Count() } 

Thank you!

Answer 1

from p in context.ParentTable join c in context.ChildTable on p.ParentId equals c.ChildParentId into j1 from j2 in j1.DefaultIfEmpty() group j2 by p.ParentId into grouped select new { ParentId = grouped.Key, Count = grouped.Count(t=>t.ChildId != null) }