LINQ Expression to return Property value?
I've come up with a way to chunk the query into pieces - i.e. you give it 4000 values, so it might do 4 requests of 1000 each; with full Northwind example. Note that this might not work on Entity Framework, due to Expression.Invoke
- but is fine on LINQ to SQL:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Linq.Expressions;
using System.Reflection;
namespace ConsoleApplication5 {
/// SAMPLE USAGE
class Program {
static void Main(string[] args) {
// get some ids to play with...
string[] ids;
using(var ctx = new DataClasses1DataContext()) {
ids = ctx.Customers.Select(x => x.CustomerID)
.Take(100).ToArray();
}
// now do our fun select - using a deliberately small
// batch size to prove it...
using (var ctx = new DataClasses1DataContext()) {
ctx.Log = Console.Out;
foreach(var cust in ctx.Customers
.InRange(x => x.CustomerID, 5, ids)) {
Console.WriteLine(cust.CompanyName);
}
}
}
}
/// THIS IS THE INTERESTING BIT
public static class QueryableChunked {
public static IEnumerable<T> InRange<T, TValue>(
this IQueryable<T> source,
Expression<Func<T, TValue>> selector,
int blockSize,
IEnumerable<TValue> values) {
MethodInfo method = null;
foreach(MethodInfo tmp in typeof(Enumerable).GetMethods(
BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static)) {
if(tmp.Name == "Contains" && tmp.IsGenericMethodDefinition
&& tmp.GetParameters().Length == 2) {
method = tmp.MakeGenericMethod(typeof (TValue));
break;
}
}
if(method==null) throw new InvalidOperationException(
"Unable to locate Contains");
foreach(TValue[] block in values.GetBlocks(blockSize)) {
var row = Expression.Parameter(typeof (T), "row");
var member = Expression.Invoke(selector, row);
var keys = Expression.Constant(block, typeof (TValue[]));
var predicate = Expression.Call(method, keys, member);
var lambda = Expression.Lambda<Func<T,bool>>(
predicate, row);
foreach(T record in source.Where(lambda)) {
yield return record;
}
}
}
public static IEnumerable<T[]> GetBlocks<T>(
this IEnumerable<T> source, int blockSize) {
List<T> list = new List<T>(blockSize);
foreach(T item in source) {
list.Add(item);
if(list.Count == blockSize) {
yield return list.ToArray();
list.Clear();
}
}
if(list.Count > 0) {
yield return list.ToArray();
}
}
}
}
Easiest way to do this: Use LINQKit (Free, non-restrictive license)
Working version of code:
public static IEnumerable<T> SelectByParameterList<T, PropertyType>(this Table<T> items, IEnumerable<PropertyType> parameterList, Expression<Func<T, PropertyType>> propertySelector, int blockSize) where T : class
{
var groups = parameterList
.Select((Parameter, index) =>
new
{
GroupID = index / blockSize, //# of parameters per request
Parameter
}
)
.GroupBy(x => x.GroupID)
.AsEnumerable();
var selector = LinqKit.Linq.Expr(propertySelector);
var results = groups
.Select(g => new { Group = g, Parameters = g.Select(x => x.Parameter) } )
.SelectMany(g =>
/* AsExpandable() extension method requires LinqKit DLL */
items.AsExpandable().Where(item => g.Parameters.Contains(selector.Invoke(item)))
);
return results;
}
Example usage:
Guid[] local_refill_ids = Refills.Select(r => r.Id).Take(20).ToArray();
IEnumerable<Refill> results = Refills.SelectByParameterList(local_refill_ids, r => r.Id, 10); //runs 2 SQL queries with 10 parameters each
Thanks again for all your help!