I 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
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.
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."
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)?
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.
How do i great dynamic linq query in VB.net?
View 3 RepliesI have an untyped dataset returned from my WebService. The user wants to dynamically construct a query referencing tables and columns and specifying values to test for.I have looked at Lambda Expressions and the Expressions.Expression Namespace. I think these provide the answer I'm looking for, but I'm not certain how to go about contructing the linq expressions to extract the datarows I'm looking for.
I plan on limiting the result to one datatable that the query will result in and i"ll provide the joins from the user's constructs.For a simple example I have a DataTable with (n) rows called "Table", and in it there is a computed column called "b_IsActive" that has the expression "Convert(IsActive, 'System.Boolean')". The user wants to retrieve all rows in "Table" where field "b_IsActive" is true.
Is there a way to use Meta Tales or Table names to Construct a dynamic query in LINQ?
foreach (var metaTable in db.Mapping.GetTables())
{
var queryType = metaTable.RowType.Type;
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Is there a way to do something like this? The attempt above yields the error:Could not find an implementation of the query pattern for source type 'System.Data.Linq.ITable'. 'Select' not found. Consider explicitly specifying the type of the range variable 'q'.
I'm trying to query old Access database tables and compare them with SQL Server tables.They often don't have primary keys, or they have extra fields that had some purpose in the nineties, etc., or the new tables have new fields, etc.I need to find records - based on a set of fields specified at runtime - that are in one table but not another.So, I do this kind of query all the time in SQL, when I'm comparing data in different tables:
dim fields_i_care_about as string = "field1, field2, field3"
'This kind of thing gets set by a caller, can be any number of fields, depends on the
'table
dim s as string= ""
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It tells me it can't convert a Boolean - Is there any way to do this without Linq expressions? They seem far more complex than what I'm trying to do here, and they take a lot of code, and also I can't seem to find examples of Expressions where we're comparing two fields in a subquery.Is there a simpler way? I know I could do the usual EXISTS query using JOIN or IN - in this case I don't need the query to be super fast or anything. And I don't need to use a DataTable or DataSet - I can put the data in some other kind of object.
I have users check off lab facilities in a UI. I want to use linq to fetch corresponding records for all of the labs that they have checked off. Basically,
Dim myRecs = (From l As EpiData In myDataContext.EPIDatas Where l.facility= _
one of the checked labs
So basically, I need to write a linq query where the "strings" to match are determined at runtime. Is there any way to do this easily? I know that there is a library out there called dynamic LINQ, but (1) it's in C# and I'm writing in VB (2) I'm really just looking for a single, simple solution for this single case.
I know that LINQ queries are deferred and only executed when the query is enumerated, but I'm having trouble figuring out exactly when that happens.Certainly in a For Each loop, the query would be enumerated.What's the rule of thumb to follow? I don't want to accidentally enumerate over my query twice if it's a huge result.
For example, does System.Linq.Enumerable.First enumerate over the whole query? I ask for performance reasons. I want to pass a LINQ result set to an ASP.NET MVC view, and I also want to pass the First element separately. Enumerating over the results twice would be painful.It would be great to turn on some kind of flag that alerts me each time a LINQ query is enumerated. That way I could catch scenarios when I accidentally enumerate twice.
I 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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given this function:
Public Function Search(ByVal StartIndex As Integer, _
ByVal MaxResults As Integer, _
ByVal AccountNumber As String, _
ByVal LastName As String, _
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instead of what I expected:
Select count(*) from remitline where lastname = "smith"
What am I doing wrong building up the where clause? I'm using Castle ActiveRecord 2.1
if there is that much of a performance gain in running a LINQ stored procedure versus a LINQ query?
View 1 RepliesI have to join two main tables, and I need to filter the results by elements in an ASP.NET web form. These filters are created on the fly so I have to use a lot of where extensions to filter the query. I want to execute the query with as optimized SQL as possible.
I am first doing a simple join between TW_Sites and TW_Investigators. Then there are two sub-tables that are involved. TW_InvestigatorToArea and TW_InvestigatorToDisease. While most of the where clauses are working fine, I have found a performance issue that won't be an issue right now, but will be an issue as the table gets bigger.
The arrays DiseaseCategories and DiseaseAreas would be the results of a CheckBoxList result.
Protected Sub LoadResults()
'Get Dictionary of Filters
Dim FilterDictionary As OrderedDictionary = Session.Item("InvestigatorFilterDictionary")
' Initialize LinqToSql
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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
We are doing a query against an in-memory collection of LINQ data objects. The wrinkle is that we are ordering by a column in a related table whose records have not necessarily been loaded yet (deferred loading:)
Dim oPkgProducts = _
From b In oBillPkg.BillProducts _
Where b.Successful.GetValueOrDefault(Common.X_INDETERMINATE) = _
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How do I add ROW_NUMBER to a LINQ query or Entity? How can I convert this solution to VB.NET?
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I'm having trouble porting that last line. I have been unable to locate a VB.NET example. I'm actually not looking for any paging functionality like the example provides, just good old-fashioned Row_Number(Order By X) row index.
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 RepliesThis 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 was wandering is it possible to use a query within another query below is the code I am trying to use.
Public Function GetInventByComp(ByVal CompID As String) Using DC As New DataClassDataContext
'need to get company id's based off names? thats bad should be name from Id need to rethink this
Dim invent = (From C In DC.Inventors_Companies _
Where C.CompID = CompID _
Select C.InventorID).ToString
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I was trying to us multiple values in a string like "1, 3, 5" but I can't seem to get that working either so I am trying to use just a single value now. Can anyone help me? "Yes I am new to this"
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 RepliesI 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?
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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I'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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