Any on enums inside Where in Entity Framework Core

Question

I keep getting Entity Framework errors on this snippet of code (Consistency type is an enum):

IQueryable<Examination> examinationsSet = _context.Examinations;

if (consistency.Length > 0)
{
    examinationsSet = examinationsSet
                          .Where(x => consistency.Any(y => (int)y == (int)x.Consistency));
}

I tried adding AsQueryable or AsEnumerable between consistency and Any , but it doesn't help. This is the main error I am getting:

System.InvalidOperationException: „The LINQ expression 'Where(
source: DbSet,
predicate: (e) => Any(
source: (Unhandled parameter: __consistency_0),
predicate: (y) => (int)y == (int)e.Consistency))'
could not be translated. Either rewrite the query in a form that can be translated, or switch to client evaluation explicitly by inserting a call to either AsEnumerable(), AsAsyncEnumerable(), ToList(), or ToListAsync().

Answer 1

When an Entity Framework query executes, it's translated to SQL. It's best to do as much of the logic as possible outside of the query to avoid confusing the translator.

Try something like this instead:

List<int> consistencyNumbers = consistency.Select(item => (int)item).ToList();  
IQueryable<Examination> examinationsSet = consistencyNumbers.Count > 0
    ? _context.Examinations.Where(x => consistencyNumbers.Any(y => y == (int)x.Consistency))
    : _context.Examinations;