Question

Probably something simple, but as I’m new to lambda expressions, the problem evades me:

m => m.contactID == contactID && m.primaryAddress == true && (m.addressTypeID == 2 || m.addressTypeID == 3)

I tried to use that lambda expression but I receive an invalid operator. Is there a way to simplify this so that it would work?

Edit:

The equivolent sql query would be:

SELECT *
FROM Contact
WHERE contactID = 3
AND primaryAddress = 1
AND (addressTypeID = 2 OR addressTypeID = 3)

I have a repository function defined like so:

public E Single(Expression<Func<E, bool>> where)
{
    return objectSet.Single<E>(where);
}

I’m passing the lambda expression above into this function:

myRepository.Single(m => m.contactID == contactID && m.primaryAddress == true && (m.addressTypeID == 2 || m.addressTypeID == 3));

Answer 1

If you are receiving an InvalidOperationException, the most likely cause is that there is more than one record that matches your criteria.

Queryable.Single will raise InvalidOperationException if there is more than a single correct value. In this case, try using .First(m => ..) instead:

myRepository.First(m => 
      m.contactID == contactID && 
      m.primaryAddress == true && 
      (m.addressTypeID == 2 || m.addressTypeID == 3)
    );

This will return the first matching result, if there are more than one. If you need to handle no matches, look into FirstOrDefault (which will return null if there are no matches).