Entity Framework One to Many Query

Question

I have this model.

Rule.

A Company can have multiple service

The Problem

User can enter a list of service name(list of string) and then can retrieve a company which has that list of service.

Question

How can i do this? The first solution that comes to my mind is to join the table first and then use the lambda expression from the joined table. Any other solution?

Answer 1

You can do it with Where() :

Companies.Where(c => requiredServices.All(s => c.Services.Contains(s)))

If List<string> is used then:

Companies.Where(company => serviceNames.All(
    serviceName => company.Services.Any(service => service.Service_Name == serviceName)))