Joining tables using more than one column in Linq

问题:

Every single example of joins in Linq to Entities involves only one column in the on clause. What is the syntax if I need 2 or more columns to make the join work? I would need an example for Linq to Entities Query Expressions and Method Based also, if possible. Below is the example of what I need. There isn't a relationship between Table1 and Table2.

CREATE TABLE dbo.Table1 (
  ID1Table1 INT NOT NULL,
  ID2Table1 SMALLDATETIME NOT NULL,
  Value1Table1 VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
  CONSTRAINT PK_Table1 PRIMARY KEY (ID1Table1, ID2Table1));
CREATE TABLE dbo.Table2 (
  ID1Table2 INT NOT NULL,
  ID2Table2 SMALLDATETIME NOT NULL,
  ID3Table2 INT NOT NULL,
  Value1Table2 VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
  CONSTRAINT PK_Table2 PRIMARY KEY (ID1Table2, ID2Table2, ID3Table2));

SELECT a.ID1Table1, a.ID2Table1, a.Value1Table1, b.ID3Table2, b.Value1Table2
FROM dbo.Table1 a JOIN dbo.Table2 b
  ON a.ID1Table1 = b.ID1Table2
  AND a.ID2Table1 = b.ID2Table2

回答1:

You can write it using two from expressions like below:

from a in Table1s 
from b in Table2s
where a.ID1Table1 == b.ID1Table2 && a.ID2Table1 == b.ID2Table2
select new {a.ID1Table1, a.ID2Table1, a.Value1Table1, b.ID3Table2, b.Value1Table2}

Using join:

from a in Table1s  
join b in Table2s on new{a.ID1Table1, a.ID2Table1} equals new{b.ID1Table2,b.ID2Table2}
select new {a.ID1Table1, a.ID2Table1, a.Value1Table1, b.ID3Table2, b.Value1Table2} 

回答2:

For method based query:

var query = ctx.Table1s.Join(ctx.Table2s,
  a => new { a.ID1Table1, a.ID2Table1 },
  b => new { b.ID1Table2, b.ID2Table2 },
  (t1, t2) => new {
  t1.ID1Table1, t1.ID2Table1, t1.Value1Table1, t2.ID3Table2, t2.Value1Table2
});

if happen to be key column name is different between two tables, then should assign a same propery name in outer and inner selector. eg:

var query = ctx.Table1s.Join(ctx.Table2s,
  a => new { key1 = a.ID1Table1, key2 = a.ID2Table1 },
  b => new { key1 = b.ID1Table2, key2 = b.ID2Table2 },
  (t1, t2) => new {
    t1.ID1Table1, t1.ID2Table1, t1.Value1Table1, t2.ID3Table2, t2.Value1Table2
});

to verify the above query, print the sql statement:

string sql = ((System.Data.Objects.ObjectQuery)query).ToTraceString();