WCF Data Services join query

Question

I want to retrieve the results of this query (Northwind Database):

var ent = new Entities();

var query = from c in ent.Customers
    join o in ent.Orders on c.CustomerID equals o.CustomerID
    join od in ent.Order_Details on o.OrderID equals od.OrderID
    join p in ent.Products on od.ProductID equals p.ProductID
    where p.ProductName == "Chai"
    select c;

by using WCF Data Services. I type this (which doesn't work):

http://localhost:29792/WcfDataService1.svc/Customers?$select=CompanyName&$expand=Orders/Order_Details/Products?$filter='Name' eq 'Chai'

How should I type it correctly?

Answer 1

Although Join isn't supported, navigation properties/associations are, and you can also use .Expand() . So although you can't get it from .Join , there are multiple ways to get the data you need.