Can LINQ to SQL query using NOT IN?
e.g., SELECT au_lname, state FROM authors WHERE state NOT IN ('CA', 'IN', 'MD')
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List<string> states = new List<string> { "CA", "IN", "MD" };
var q = from a in authors
where !states.Contains(a.state)
select new { a.au_lname, a.state };
or
var q = authors.Where( a => !states.Contains( a.state ) )
.Select( a => new { a.au_lname, a.state } );
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You can do it with Contains:
var states = new[] {"CA", "IN", "MD"};
var query = db.Authors.Where(x => !states.Contains(x.state));
answered Dec 5, 2008 at 17:00
Christian C. Salvadó
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here's an example:
NorthwindDataContext dc = new NorthwindDataContext();
dc.Log = Console.Out;
var query =
from c in dc.Customers
where !(from o in dc.Orders
select o.CustomerID)
.Contains(c.CustomerID)
select c;
foreach (var c in query) Console.WriteLine( c );
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Rob
There's not really need to do the subquery - the Contains / !Contains will work within the context of the main query.
Yes!
Here's an example from code we already had written:
List<long> badUserIDs = new List { 10039309, 38300590, 500170561 };
BTDataContext dc = new BTDataContext();
var items = from u in dc.Users
where !badUserIDs.Contains(u.FbUserID)
select u;
The generated SQL turns out to be:
{SELECT [t0].[UserID], [t0].[FbUserID], [t0].[FbNetworkID], [t0].[Name],
FROM [dbo].[Users] AS [t0]
WHERE NOT ([t0].[FbUserID] IN (@p0, @p1, @p2))
}
