使用下面的简单示例,使用Linq to SQL从多个表返回结果的最佳方法是什么?

假设我有两个表:

Dogs:   Name, Age, BreedId
Breeds: BreedId, BreedName

我想返回所有的狗与他们的育种名称。我应该让所有的狗使用这样的东西,没有问题:

public IQueryable<Dog> GetDogs()
{
    var db = new DogDataContext(ConnectString);
    var result = from d in db.Dogs
                 join b in db.Breeds on d.BreedId equals b.BreedId
                 select d;
    return result;
}

但如果我想要有品种的狗,并尝试这样做,我有问题:

public IQueryable<Dog> GetDogsWithBreedNames()
{
    var db = new DogDataContext(ConnectString);
    var result = from d in db.Dogs
                 join b in db.Breeds on d.BreedId equals b.BreedId
                 select new
                        {
                            Name = d.Name,
                            BreedName = b.BreedName
                        };
    return result;
}

现在我意识到编译器不让我返回一组匿名类型,因为它期待狗,但有没有一种方法来返回这个而不必创建一个自定义类型?或者我必须为DogsWithBreedNames创建自己的类,并在选择中指定该类型?或者还有其他更简单的方法吗?


当前回答

BreedId in the Dog table is obviously a foreign key to the corresponding row in the Breed table. If you've got your database set up properly, LINQ to SQL should automatically create an association between the two tables. The resulting Dog class will have a Breed property, and the Breed class should have a Dogs collection. Setting it up this way, you can still return IEnumerable<Dog>, which is an object that includes the breed property. The only caveat is that you need to preload the breed object along with dog objects in the query so they can be accessed after the data context has been disposed, and (as another poster has suggested) execute a method on the collection that will cause the query to be performed immediately (ToArray in this case):

public IEnumerable<Dog> GetDogs()
{
    using (var db = new DogDataContext(ConnectString))
    {
        db.LoadOptions.LoadWith<Dog>(i => i.Breed);
        return db.Dogs.ToArray();
    }

}

然后,访问每只狗的品种是微不足道的:

foreach (var dog in GetDogs())
{
    Console.WriteLine("Dog's Name: {0}", dog.Name);
    Console.WriteLine("Dog's Breed: {0}", dog.Breed.Name);        
}

其他回答

你可以这样做:


public System.Collections.IEnumerable GetDogsWithBreedNames()
{
    var db = new DogDataContext(ConnectString);
    var result = from d in db.Dogs
                 join b in db.Breeds on d.BreedId equals b.BreedId
                 select new
                        {
                            Name = d.Name,
                            BreedName = b.BreedName
                        };
    return result.ToList();
}

在c# 7中你现在可以使用元组了!这样就不需要为了返回结果而创建一个类。

下面是一个示例代码:

public List<(string Name, string BreedName)> GetDogsWithBreedNames()
{
    var db = new DogDataContext(ConnectString);
    var result = from d in db.Dogs
             join b in db.Breeds on d.BreedId equals b.BreedId
             select new
             {
                Name = d.Name,
                BreedName = b.BreedName
             }.ToList();

    return result.Select(r => (r.Name, r.BreedName)).ToList();
}

您可能需要安装System。ValueTuple nuget包。

我倾向于这样的模式:

public class DogWithBreed
{
    public Dog Dog { get; set; }
    public string BreedName  { get; set; }
}

public IQueryable<DogWithBreed> GetDogsWithBreedNames()
{
    var db = new DogDataContext(ConnectString);
    var result = from d in db.Dogs
                 join b in db.Breeds on d.BreedId equals b.BreedId
                 select new DogWithBreed()
                        {
                            Dog = d,
                            BreedName = b.BreedName
                        };
    return result;
}

这意味着你有一个额外的类,但它是快速和容易编码,易于扩展,可重用和类型安全。

如果主要的想法是让SQL选择语句发送到数据库服务器只有必需的字段,而不是所有的实体字段,那么你可以这样做:

public class Class1
{
    public IList<Car> getCarsByProjectionOnSmallNumberOfProperties()
    {

        try
        {
            //Get the SQL Context:
            CompanyPossessionsDAL.POCOContext.CompanyPossessionsContext dbContext 
                = new CompanyPossessionsDAL.POCOContext.CompanyPossessionsContext();

            //Specify the Context of your main entity e.g. Car:
            var oDBQuery = dbContext.Set<Car>();

            //Project on some of its fields, so the created select statment that is
            // sent to the database server, will have only the required fields By making a new anonymouse type
            var queryProjectedOnSmallSetOfProperties 
                = from x in oDBQuery
                    select new
                    {
                        x.carNo,
                        x.eName,
                        x.aName
                    };

            //Convert the anonymouse type back to the main entity e.g. Car
            var queryConvertAnonymousToOriginal 
                = from x in queryProjectedOnSmallSetOfProperties
                    select new Car
                    {
                        carNo = x.carNo,
                        eName = x.eName,
                        aName = x.aName
                    };

            //return the IList<Car> that is wanted
            var lst = queryConvertAnonymousToOriginal.ToList();
            return lst;

        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
            throw;
        }
    }
}

只是补充一下我的意见:-) 我最近学习了一种处理匿名对象的方法。它只能在针对。net 4框架时使用,并且只能在添加对System.Web.dll的引用时使用,但它非常简单:

...
using System.Web.Routing;
...

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {

        object anonymous = CallMethodThatReturnsObjectOfAnonymousType();
        //WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS?
        //I know! I'll use a RouteValueDictionary from System.Web.dll
        RouteValueDictionary rvd = new RouteValueDictionary(anonymous);
        Console.WriteLine("Hello, my name is {0} and I am a {1}", rvd["Name"], rvd["Occupation"]);
    }

    private static object CallMethodThatReturnsObjectOfAnonymousType()
    {
        return new { Id = 1, Name = "Peter Perhac", Occupation = "Software Developer" };
    }
}

为了能够添加对System.Web.dll的引用,你必须遵循rushonerok的建议:确保你的[项目的]目标框架是“。NET Framework 4“不是”。NET Framework 4客户端配置文件”。