I have been looking into dynamic querying of datasets and the use of copytodatatable() for a project. I have seen in alot of forums that the copytodatatable functionality is unusable as it was removed. have an example of a dynamic Linq query being loaded into a datatable.
View 1 RepliesGiven the following XML file:
<users>
<user name="admin" password="foobar" roles="Admin,Guest" />
<user name="guest" password="foobar" roles="Guest" />
</users>
How do I find a specific node? In this case I want to find the node that has its name attribute to be "admin"
Dim authGroup As XElement = XElement.Parse(myXMLDoc.OuterXml)
Dim foundUser As IEnumerable(Of XElement) = From i In authGroup.Elements Where i.Attributes("name") = "admin" Select i
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How do I return a top 5 with rank number using linq?
Dim Top5 = From A In DAO.Cache.Select(Of VO.Empresa).Take(5) Select A.Nome
I would like this result:
Rank Name
1 "Example Name"
2 "Example Name"
3 "Example Name"
4 "Example Name"
5 "Example Name"
I am trying to query from search box using list of data and the linq I used is:data = (From k As BSPLib.ContactLib.Contact In data_org.Values Where k.stringdata Like "%" & Searchtxtbox.Text & "%" Select k.prime).ToListBut this is not working, I am getting no data at all. Data_org is a dictionary so I used the values; k.stringdata contains all the data that need to be searched. Searchtxtbox.text contains the user defined search item.I Tried with sqlmethods through linq, but sqlmethods does not exist for me, I tried with with Imported namespace yet the code is not showing sql methods, could you please provide a workable query or just tell me where I have gone wron
View 2 RepliesI am having a little problem with some homework. Here is the problem:Use the Invoice Class provided to create an array of Invoice Objects. Class Invoice includes four properties- a PartNumber (type integer), a PartDescription (type String), a Quantity of the item being purchased (type Integer), and a Price (type Decimal). Write a Console Application that performs the following queries on the array of Invoice objects and displays the results:
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When I try to query an entity that has a varbinary field in it I am getting error:"The LINQ expression node type 'ArrayIndex' is not supported in LINQ to Entities."
Here is my query:
Dim query = From entity In db.Entity
Where entity.Id= Id
Select entity.VarBinaryField
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The error gets generated when I check that the query isNot nothing.
Use the Invoice Class provided to create an array of Invoice Objects. Class Invoice includes four properties- a PartNumber (type integer), a PartDescription (type String), a Quantity of the item being purchased (type Integer), and a Price (type Decimal). Write a Console Application that performs the following queries on the array of Invoice objects and displays the results:
a. Use LINQ to sort the Invoice Objects by PartNumber
b. Use LINQ to sort the Invoice objects by Price
c. Use LINQ to select the PartDescription and Quantity and sort the results by Quantity
d. Use LINQ to select from each Invoice the PartDescrition and the value of the Invoice (i.e. Quantity * Price). Name the calculated column InvoiceTotal. Order the results by InvoiceTotal.
e. Using the results of the LINQ query in Pard d, select the InvoiceTotals in the range of $200 to $500
I am pretty sure I have parts a, b, & c completed correctly. Or at least the provide the desired results. Part d I figured out how to multiply the 2 fields but can't create a new column for the result or figure out how to show the PartDescription with the multiplied result. Part c I think I can figure out when I get part d. I already coded what I think will work for part c.
Below are the 2 Objects the Invoice was given and not to be changed & the LINQ is the one I have been working on.
Module LINQ
Sub Main()
' array of invoices
Dim invoices As Invoice() = { _
New Invoice("83", "Electric Sander", "7", 59.98), _
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I would like to bind a DataGridView to a different LINQ query every time (in order to reuse the same form/DGV for different queries), like this:
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but the "Qry", and the number of comboboxes, and their field names would change every time.
Checked out the video on MS website by Beth Massi and downloaded the project.
One query she uses this statement,[code...]
I'm I missing a reference or something? This is an Access DB, does that make a difference?
I have this LINQ statement [code]...
Is there any way that I can use if/iif within select ?
If I have a datatble column set as int16 but rows can contain null values for this column. How do i write the linq query. I keep getting an error null value exception. Dim query = From n In resultstable.AsEnumerable Where n.value is dbnull.value does n't work.
View 6 RepliesI need to represent the following query using LINQ:
DECLARE @PurchasedInventoryItemID Int = 2
DECLARE @PurchasedInventorySectionID Int = 0
DECLARE @PurchasedInventoryItem_PurchasingCategoryID Int = 3
DECLARE @PurchasedInventorySection_PurchasingCategoryID Int = 0
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Now, I know that a query in .NET doesnt look like this, this is my test in the SQL Design Studio. Naturally VB.NET variables will be used in place of the SQL local variables.My problem is this: All of the conditions after "WHERE" are optional. In that a query might be made that uses one, some, all, or none of the conditions. V.PropertyID and V.Value can also appear any number of times.In VB.NET I can make this query easy enough by simply concatenating strings, and using a loop to append the "V.PropertyID/V.Value" conditions.I can also make a Stored Procedure in MS SQL, which is easy enough.However, I want to accomplish this using LINQ.
Example-I have a person class
Public Class Person
Private _fname As String
Public Property Fname() As String
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Forgive my ignorance on this.I have this LINQ Query:Dim ngBikersDataContext As New CarBikeWalkDataContext
bikersList = (From c In ngBikersDataContext.Reg_Bikers _
Order By c.L_Name _
Select New Bikers() With { _
.BikerID = c.BikerID, _
.F_Name = c.F_Name, _
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with the error "Overload resolution failed because no accesible 'Select' accepts this number of arguments."
Over the "NEW" I get an error " ')'expected."
How would I get something like this to work so that I can dynamically alter the where-clause in this linq to sql query?
Dim AccountID = 1234
Dim AccountList
Select Case Types
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With the above code I get this error:
Late binding operations cannot be converted to an expression tree
I have been trying the following but it returns unexpected results:
Dim xd As XDocument = _
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<root>
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The above result returns both 'element' nodes however it should only return the first where element/subelement@id=1/subsubelement@id=3 However if results.Ancestors. is used it returns the correct 'subelement' and if that line is not included it returns a single 'subsubelement' whih is also correct I don't understand why when mvoing to the 'element' it returns both (I realise both have a subelement with id=1 but I thought each further query would filter out the presvious results)?
UPDATE: Groo's answer was marked correct as it would be a good alternative. I decided to stick with the select/switch statements to avoid the performance issues of using reflection. As far as I can tell there is no way to do what I want without using Dynamic LINQ (and reflection) or a decompiler (to manually code each LINQ statement, which I am already doing by hand). Note: to make this update DropDownList16 through DropDownList20 were removed (needed the characters).Is there a way to abstract the building of a dynamic Linq to SQL query?
I am trying to build a Linq to SQL query with a dynamic where clause, based on user supplied filters. The user needs to be able to filter strings, integers, and dates using advanced options (equal, not equal, contains, starts with, etc). The user needs to be able to use these filters with as many or few columns as desired.
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Dim query=Form f in BBSDb.Forms order by f.FormID Descending Select f where I want the f.FormID to be able to replace with a variable..What I mean is.. it doesn't have to f.FormID .. I may want to set f.FormName to be in descending for example using the code dynamically.. Is there anyway to achive?
View 2 RepliesI want to write a query that the "where" in the query is a string something like"
Dim query as string= "Name =xxxx and Date > 10 "
Dim t = from book in doc.Descendants("books") Select _
[Name] = book..value, [Date] = book..value....
Where (query)
I build the query string on run time
This is an extension of my last question which was answered, so I am starting a new thread. I have a query in LINQ that I was given to trim down the columns of a datatable. This works well, however, I need to make the LINQ query dynamic. So the query below:
Dim qColumnsIWant = From row As DataRow In inDT.AsEnumerable() _
Select _
EPN = row.Field(Of Integer)("EPNID"), _
EPNID = row.Field(Of String)("EPNNumber"), _
Ingot = row.Field(Of String)("Ingot"), _
ShopOrder = row.Field(Of String)("ShopOrder")
I have the following linq query:
Dim q = From definition In definitionList _
Where definition.ValueDefName.Contains(criteria)[code]....
I have already looked into this answer: LINQ - dynamic WHERE clause?Unfortunately, it doesn't work for me using .net 4.0. When I attempt to pass the criteria string in it ask for a predicate. The end goal is to add any of these:
definition.ValueDefname.Contains(criteria)
definition.ValueDefDesc.Contains(criteria)
definition.Aliaslist.Contains(Criteria)
definition.StrategicInitiative.Contains(Criteria)
to be passed into the query depending on what checkboxes the user has selected. How can I create a dynamic where clause in linq to sql? Is there new syntax for passing in a where clause as a string?
I have a listbox which users can select from a list if Towns, I want to be able to build a LINQ query based on the selected items in the list e.g.
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I'm need to do the equivalent of a t-sql statement like this using LINQ:
SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE idnumber IN('1', '2', '3')
so in LINQ I have:
Dim _Values as String = "1, 2, 3"
Dim _Query = (From m In mytable Where idnumber = _Values Select m).ToList()
Not sure what to do with _Values to make idnumber evaluate each value in the string.
1) I am begginner to dynamic Linq and having serious trouble creating expression tree after WHERE
say.: items.Category_ID=4
I tried to construct it like: Dim products = From items In mydatacontent.Products
Dim AA As ParameterExpression = Expression.Parameter(GetType(String), "items")
Dim left1 As Expression = Expression.Property(AA, GetType(String).GetProperty("Category_ID")) here is the error Dim right1 As Expression = Expression.Constant("4") Dim BB As Expression = Expression.Equal(left1, right1)
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How do i great dynamic linq query in VB.net?
View 3 RepliesI'm trying to implement multicolumn filtering using LINQ expressions in a class that extends BindingList(Of T). Here is the relevant code:
Public Function GetFilterPredicate() As Func(Of T, Boolean)
Dim expressionList As List(Of Expression) = New List(Of Expression)
For Each item as FilterInfo in _FilterList
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However, an exception is thrown at the Expression.Call statement. I can't quite figure out the right arguments to supply. As it is now, I am getting this error when I run the code:
InvalidOperationException was unhandled:No generic method 'Equal' on type 'System.Linq.Expressions.Expression' is compatible with the supplied type arguments and arguments. No type arguments should be provided if the method is non-generic.
I'm having a problem implementing Scott G's Dynamic.vb extension at [URL] in my vb solution. I've searched StackOverflow (80+ Q&As) and numerous other sites without much luck. I'm using VS 2010.I've included Dynamic.vb in a problem with no root namespace, and then added a reference to that project in my main one. I'm getting intellisense for 4 overloads (rather than 2) so I'm pretty certain that the extension is in scope.I was having a tough time with clauses, especially the OrderBy as Scott demonstrated. If I simply pass a string as Scott's VB example did I get the error "Overload resolution failed because no accessible 'OrderBy' can be called with these arguments."
The line of code is:
Dim FilteredComponentList = From Component As MX.Component In ComponentList.AsQueryable _
.OrderBy("Name")
So I found other references that stated to pass a Lambda expression. So I tried this and at least I get no error, even if the sort function still doesn't seem to work. Here is the code that compiles and executes.
Private Sub SortByColumn()
If Not cmbComponentFilter.SelectedItem.ToString = "All" Then
Dim FilteredComponentList = From Component As MX.Component In ComponentList.AsQueryable _
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When I interrogate the dgvComponents.Columns(e.ColumnIndex).Name it gives the objects property I wish to sort by, but the sort still isn't working. I'm concerned why I can't get Scott's implementation to work, but I've heard his keynotes and read his blogs, so I'm guessing the problem lies with my implementation.
I'd like either to work but need to understand why as well. Why doesn't passing a string work? Isn't the PARAMARRAY declared in the function optional?
I want to create a simple function that does the following:
Sub SetValue(Of TInstance As Class, TProperty)(
ByVal instance As TInstance,
ByVal [property] As Expression(Of Func(Of TInstance, TProperty)),
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I have a listbox that is dynamically filled by certain values depending on what table has been selected from another list box. Once a value is selected, it is being graphed vs a date & time range. With my ignorance of linq: depending on what value is selected, the linq to sql statement I need to create to grab data from my database is different as I can't use an index on an anonymous type.
result = From t In db.APS _
Where t.DateTime >= startDate And _
t.DateTime <= finishDate And t.Weight = weight _
Select t.DateTime, t.TotalConcentration
t.TotalConcentration should be selected if my listbox value is "Total Concentration", but if it's something else, like "Temperature" or "Flow Rate" (connected to appropreate database columns) - this method obviously isn't going to work. I need to be able to dynamically select a specific column from the anonymous type list, or use some other method I'm unaware of to do this.
I am looking for sample linq code snippet which uses System.Linq.Dynamic against a datatable.
Dim entities = (From ent In dt.AsEnumerable().Where(String.Format("IsUSFederal == {0}", "true")) _
Select Description = ent("Description"), Acronym = ent("Acronym")).ToList
I am getting an error "there is no accessible Where can be called with these arguments". I have included the DynamicLinq.vb file and the application compiles fine (aside from this error). I have included Imports System.Linq.Dynamic but it doesn't appear to be working.