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LINQ to SQL and dynamic left outer join

Asked by j055 in Language Integrated Query - LINQ, Microsoft Visual C#.Net

Hi

I've created a LINQ to SQL DataContext class. The designer shows the correct joins on the tables.

How do I query the joined tables in the from clause? Do I need to still specify the join in the code?

Also can I do the join to the second table only if I need it? i.e. I only need to join the table to search values in one of the columns if there are some values provided.

Many thanks
Andrew

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             var query = from o in db.CommercialOrgs
    select o;
 
// query = new query with left outer join 
// based on CommercialOrgs and another table

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LINQ to SQL and dynamic left outer join

Asked by j055 in Language Integrated Query - LINQ, Microsoft Visual C#.Net

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