Multiple WHERE Clauses with LINQ extension methods

Question

I have a LINQ query that looks like the following:

DateTime today = DateTime.UtcNow;
var results = from order in context.Orders
              where ((order.OrderDate <= today) && (today <= order.OrderDate))
              select order;

I am trying to learn / understand LINQ. In some cases, I need to add two additional WHERE clauses. In an effort to do this, I'm using:

if (useAdditionalClauses)
{
  results = results.Where(o => o.OrderStatus == OrderStatus.Open)  // Now I'm stuck.
}

As you can see, I know how to add an additional WHERE clause. But how do I add multiple? For instance, I'd like to add

WHERE o.OrderStatus == OrderStatus.Open AND o.CustomerID == customerID

to my previous query. How do I do this using extension methods?

Thank you!

Answer 1

Two ways:

results = results.Where(o => (o.OrderStatus == OrderStatus.Open) &&
                             (o.CustomerID == customerID));

or:

results = results.Where(o => (o.OrderStatus == OrderStatus.Open))
                 .Where(o => (o.CustomerID == customerID));

I usually prefer the latter. But it's worth profiling the SQL server to check the query execution and see which one performs better for your data (if there's any difference at all).

A note about chaining the .Where() methods: You can chain together all the LINQ methods you want. Methods like .Where() don't actually execute against the database (yet). They defer execution until the actual results are calculated (such as with a .Count() or a .ToList() ). So, as you chain together multiple methods (more calls to .Where() , maybe an .OrderBy() or something to that effect, etc.) they build up what's called an expression tree . This entire tree is what gets executed against the data source when the time comes to evaluate it.

Answer 2

You can continue chaining them like you've done.

results = results.Where (o => o.OrderStatus == OrderStatus.Open);
results = results.Where (o => o.InvoicePaid);

This represents an AND.

Answer 3

If you working with in-memory data (read "collections of POCO") you may also stack your expressions together using PredicateBuilder like so:

// initial "false" condition just to start "OR" clause with
var predicate = PredicateBuilder.False<YourDataClass>();

if (condition1)
{
    predicate = predicate.Or(d => d.SomeStringProperty == "Tom");
}

if (condition2)
{
    predicate = predicate.Or(d => d.SomeStringProperty == "Alex");
}

if (condition3)
{
    predicate = predicate.And(d => d.SomeIntProperty >= 4);
}

return originalCollection.Where<YourDataClass>(predicate.Compile());

The full source of mentioned PredicateBuilder is bellow (but you could also check the original page with a few more examples):

using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Linq.Expressions;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public static class PredicateBuilder
{
  public static Expression<Func<T, bool>> True<T> ()  { return f => true;  }
  public static Expression<Func<T, bool>> False<T> () { return f => false; }

  public static Expression<Func<T, bool>> Or<T> (this Expression<Func<T, bool>> expr1,
                                                      Expression<Func<T, bool>> expr2)
  {
    var invokedExpr = Expression.Invoke (expr2, expr1.Parameters.Cast<Expression> ());
    return Expression.Lambda<Func<T, bool>>
          (Expression.OrElse (expr1.Body, invokedExpr), expr1.Parameters);
  }

  public static Expression<Func<T, bool>> And<T> (this Expression<Func<T, bool>> expr1,
                                                       Expression<Func<T, bool>> expr2)
  {
    var invokedExpr = Expression.Invoke (expr2, expr1.Parameters.Cast<Expression> ());
    return Expression.Lambda<Func<T, bool>>
          (Expression.AndAlso (expr1.Body, invokedExpr), expr1.Parameters);
  }
}

Note : I've tested this approach with Portable Class Library project and have to use .Compile() to make it work:

Where(predicate .Compile() );

Answer 4

Surely:

if (useAdditionalClauses) 
{ 
  results = 
    results.Where(o => o.OrderStatus == OrderStatus.Open && 
    o.CustomerID == customerID)  
} 

Or just another .Where() call like this one (although I don't know why you would want to, unless it's split by another boolean control variable):

if (useAdditionalClauses) 
{ 
  results = results.Where(o => o.OrderStatus == OrderStatus.Open).
    Where(o => o.CustomerID == customerID);
} 

Or another reassignment to results : `results = results.Where( blah ).

Answer 5

您可以使用&&并将所有条件写入相同的where子句，或者您可以.Where（）。Where（）。Where（）...等等。

Answer 6

results = context.Orders.Where(o => o.OrderDate <= today && today <= o.OrderDate)

由于您已经在处理订单，因此选择无效。

Answer 7

Just use the && operator like you would with any other statement that you need to do boolean logic.

if (useAdditionalClauses)
{
  results = results.Where(
                  o => o.OrderStatus == OrderStatus.Open 
                  && o.CustomerID == customerID)     
}