I have the following LINQ query.
var providers = from c in Repository.Query<Company>()
where !c.IsDeleted
select new { c.Description, Id = "C" + c.Id };
I'm trying to concatenate the ID to "C". So, for example, if c.Id
is 35 then the result should be "C35".
This obviously doesn't work because you can't add an integer (c.Id
) to a string. I could easily resolve this in C# using string.Format()
or converting the type. But how can I do this in LINQ?
Try using SqlFunctions.StringConvert Method
:
var xd = (from c in Repository.Query<Company>()
where !c.IsDeleted
select new { c.Description, Id = "C" + SqlFunctions.StringConvert((double)c.Id).Trim()});
When you need functionality of .NET only in preparing the result (as opposed to, say, filtering, which should be done on RDBMS side to avoid bringing too much data in memory) the common trick is to complete the conversion in memory using the AsEnumerable
method:
var providers = Repository.Query<Company>()
.Where(c => !c.IsDeleted)
.Select(c => new { c.Description, c.Id }) // <<== Prepare raw data
.AsEnumerable() // <<== From this point it's LINQ to Object
.Select(c => new { c.Description, Id = "C"+c.Id }); // <<== Construct end result
The code that you have written will work fine. Here is a mock up of the same code and it outputs the Id
's
class Company
{
public string Description { get; set; }
public int Id { get; set; }
public bool IsDeleted { get; set; }
}
static void Main()
{
//setup
var list = new List<Company>();
list.Add(new Company
{
Description = "Test",
Id = 35,
IsDeleted = false
});
list.Add(new Company
{
Description = "Test",
Id = 52,
IsDeleted = false
});
list.Add(new Company
{
Description = "Test",
Id = 75,
IsDeleted = true
});
/* code you are looking for */
var providers = from c in list
where !c.IsDeleted
select new { c.Description, Id = "C" + c.Id };
foreach (var provider in providers)
{
Console.WriteLine(provider.Id);
}
Console.ReadKey();
}
What about string format
var providers = from c in Repository.Query<Company>()
where !c.IsDeleted
select new { c.Description, Id = "C" + c.Id.ToString() };