I have made simple model for example.
public class Publisher
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Title { get; set; }
public Address Location { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<Book> Books { get; set; }
}
public class Address
{
public string Country { get; set; }
public string City { get; set; }
public string Street { get; set; }
public string HouseNumber { get; set; }
}
public class Book
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Title { get; set; }
public string Author { get; set; }
public int LanguageId { get; set; }
public int? PublisherId { get; set; }
}
I need to get publishers with related books. I know how to do it using linq to entities. Is it possible to solve a problem using entity sql?
public class CatalogContext : DbContext {...}
public List<Publisher> GetByCity(string city)
{
var result = new List<Publisher>();
string queryString;
queryString = String.Format(@"SELECT VALUE row(a,b)
FROM CatalogContext.Publishers AS a
join CatalogContext.Books AS b on a.Id = b.PublisherId
WHERE a.Location.City = '{0}'", city);
var rows = ((IObjectContextAdapter)_context).ObjectContext.CreateQuery<DbDataRecord>(queryString).ToList();
return ???
}
Query returns required data but it's List<DbDataRecord>
- list of pairs <publisher, book>
. How to translate it to list of publishers with filled navigation property "Books"?
Is it possible to write query which directly returns List<Publisher>
?