linq to entites left outer join

Question

我正在努力向实体留下外连接.我有两个实体(表):

Listings 
{
    ListingID,
    MakeID (nullable)
}

Makes
{
    MakeID,
    Description
}

我想在LINQ中写这样的东西:

select listings.listingID
,listings.makeid
, IsNull(makes.Description, 'NA')
from listings
left outer join makes
on listings.makeid = makes.makeid

Answer 1

以下是实现左连接的解决方案.在其他资源方面,我真的建议尝试使用linq pad:http://www.linqpad.net/这对Linq来说是一个很棒的学习工具.

// Listing class/container/table
public class Listing
{
    public string ListingID {get;set;}
    public Int32? MakeID {get;set;}
}

// Make class/container/table
public class Make
{
    public Int32 MakeID {get;set;}
    public string Description {get;set;}
}

public class Main
{
    public static void LinqMain()
    {
        // Populate the listing table with data
        List<Listing> listings = new List<Listing>()
        {
            new Listing() { ListingID = "Test 1", MakeID = 1 },
            new Listing() { ListingID = "Test 2", MakeID = 1 },
            new Listing() { ListingID = "No Make", MakeID = null },
            new Listing() { ListingID = "Test 3", MakeID = 3 },
            new Listing() { ListingID = "Another Makeless", MakeID = null }
        };

        // Populate the makes table with data
        List<Make> makes = new List<Make>()
        {
            new Make() { MakeID = 1, Description = "Make 1"},
            new Make() { MakeID = 2, Description = "Make 2"},
            new Make() { MakeID = 3, Description = "Make 3"},
            new Make() { MakeID = 4, Description = "Make 4"}
        };

        // Return the left join on Make Id
        var result = from l in listings

                     // These two lines are the left join. 
                     join leftm in makes on l.MakeID equals leftm.MakeID into leftm
                     from m in leftm.DefaultIfEmpty()

                     // To ensure the select does not get bogged down with too much logic use the let syntax
                     let description = m == null ? "NA" : m.Description

                     select new { l.ListingID, l.MakeID, description };


    }

结果变量将包含:

1. {ListingID ="Test 1",MakeID = 1,description ="Make 1"}
2. {ListingID ="Test 2",MakeID = 1,description ="Make 1"}
3. {ListingID ="No Make",MakeID = null,description ="NA"}
4. {ListingID ="Test 3",MakeID = 3,description ="Make 3"}
5. {ListingID ="Another Makeless",MakeID = null,description ="NA"}