有三个表:persons, schools和persons_schools,它将人与他们所学习的学校联系起来。表persons_schools中没有对id=6的person的引用。但是id=6的人显示在左连接的结果网格中。
List<Person> persons = new List<Person>
{
new Person { id = 1, name = "Alex", phone = "4235234" },
new Person { id = 2, name = "Bob", phone = "0014352" },
new Person { id = 3, name = "Sam", phone = "1345" },
new Person { id = 4, name = "Den", phone = "3453452" },
new Person { id = 5, name = "Alen", phone = "0353012" },
new Person { id = 6, name = "Simon", phone = "0353012" }
};
List<School> schools = new List<School>
{
new School { id = 1, name = "Saint. John's school"},
new School { id = 2, name = "Public School 200"},
new School { id = 3, name = "Public School 203"}
};
List<PersonSchool> persons_schools = new List<PersonSchool>
{
new PersonSchool{id_person = 1, id_school = 1},
new PersonSchool{id_person = 2, id_school = 2},
new PersonSchool{id_person = 3, id_school = 3},
new PersonSchool{id_person = 4, id_school = 1},
new PersonSchool{id_person = 5, id_school = 2}
//a relation to the person with id=6 is absent
};
var query = from person in persons
join person_school in persons_schools on person.id equals person_school.id_person
into persons_schools_joined
from person_school_joined in persons_schools_joined.DefaultIfEmpty()
from school in schools.Where(var_school => person_school_joined == null ? false : var_school.id == person_school_joined.id_school).DefaultIfEmpty()
select new { Person = person.name, School = school == null ? String.Empty : school.name };
foreach (var elem in query)
{
System.Console.WriteLine("{0},{1}", elem.Person, elem.School);
}