Reputation: 205
I am trying to convert link query in vb below to C#. I have never previously done vb and linq query before, I have converted to SQL but what would this be in linq c#,
VB script
Dim d = (From p In db.tblkeyPages Join keypagetype In db.tblkeyPageTypes On p.keyPageType Equals keypagetype.keyPageType Where keypagetype.keyPageType = 1 Select p.pageContent).First
SQL
select d.keyPageType, d.pageContent from dbo.tblkeyPage as d
join (select keyPageType from dbo.tblkeyPageType )as s
on d.keyPageType = s.keyPageType
where s.keyPageType = 1
Upvotes: 0
Views: 149
Reputation: 236218
Here is good starting point: Introduction to LINQ Queries (C#)
var content = (from p in db.tblkeyPages
join keypagetype in db.tblkeyPageTypes
on p.keyPageType equals keypagetype.keyPageType
where keypagetype.keyPageType == 1
select p.pageContent).First();
Also I suggest you to spend time learning C# syntax. As you can see, query looks almost same (just keywords are lower case, because C# is a case-sensitive language)
One more note - if you want to avoid exception, then use FirstOrDefault()
instead of First()
when it is possible that no results will be returned by query.
Upvotes: 2