Improve nested query in entity framework

Question

I'm trying to write the linq to entity query as below:

var lst = (from rw in ctx.Reviews
           where rw.RefId == 10
              && rw.UpdatedTime == (from inner in ctx.CompareReviews
                                    where inner.RefId == 10
                                       && inner.ReviewNumber == rw.ReviewNumber
                                    select inner.UpdatedTime).Max()
           select rw).ToList();

I expect that it will generate to following query:

select *
from review rw
where rw.ref_id = 10
  and rw.updated_time = (select max(irw.updated_time)
                         from review irw
                         where irw.ref_id = 10
                           and irw.review_number = rw.review_number)

But it does not, it generates a query look like:

select rw.id,
       /* .. other fields */
       (
        select max(irw.updated_time)
        from review irw
        where irw.ref_id = 10
          and irw.review_number = rw.review_number
       ) as updated_time
from review rw
where rw.ref_id = 10

How can I make entity framework generate the first query.

Answer 1

Please try below query:

SELECT id, <other_columns> 
            FROM review
                        WHERE ref_id = 10
                        ORDER BY updated_time DESC limit1;

Note: ref_id and updated_time fields should be indexed.

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As per your updated requirement:

SELECT review_number,id, <other_columns>
                         FROM 
                         (SELECT id,ref_id,<other_columns> FROM review
                         WHERE ref_id = 10
                         ORDER BY updated_time DESC) a
                         GROUP BY review_number;