Using LinQ with group by more than one column - vb.net

Question

I'm Newbi in LinQ, I have problem with group by in linQ.
I wan to query like this:
select
MAX(TCheckpointGrouping.Id) AS CheckpointGroupingId,
MAX(TCheckpointGrouping.MCheckpointId) AS CheckpointId,
MAX(MCheckpoint.Name) AS CheckpointName,
MAX(CAST(MCheckpoint.IsMajor AS VARCHAR)) AS IsMajor,
MAX(TCheckpointGrouping.MIndicatorId) AS IndicatorId,
MAX(MIndicator.Name) AS IndicatorName,
MAX(MCriteria.Id) AS CriteriaId,
MAX(MCriteria.Name) AS CriteriaName,
MAX(MPrinciple.Id) AS PrincipleId,
MAX(MPrinciple.Name) AS PrincipleName,
MAX(TCheckpointGrouping.RelationToCheckPoint) AS RelationToCheckPoint
from TCheckpointGrouping
inner join MCheckpoint on MCheckpoint.Id = TCheckpointGrouping.MCheckpointId
inner join MIndicator on MIndicator.Id = TCheckpointGrouping.MIndicatorId
inner join MCriteria on MCriteria.Id = MIndicator.MCriteriaId
inner join MPrinciple on MPrinciple.Id = MCriteria.MPrincipleId
group by
TCheckpointGrouping.MCheckpointId,
TCheckpointGrouping.MIndicatorId
How can i convert query above into LinQ (VB.NET)
thanks
bestRegards

Answer 1

I'm tempted to convert this SQL query to LINQ for you, but I think that would be a waste of opportunity for you to learn yourself.
There's a great page from Microsoft with lot of VB.NET Linq situations: 101 Linq Samples.
You can even find an example of a Group By using Multiple Columns.
Good learning. :)

Answer 2

I am not sure about this, but you can try it. In select part i have not included all the columns.
var result= from TChkgp in TCheckpointGrouping
join MCpoint in MCheckpoint on TChkgp.Id equals MCpoint.Id
join MIndtor in MIndicator on TChkgp.MIndicatorId equals MIndtor.Id
join MCrteia in MCriteria on MIndtor.Id equals MIndtor.MCriteriaId
join MPrncple in MPrinciple on MCrteia.MPrincipleId equals MPrncple.Id
group TChkgp by new (TChkgp.MCheckpointId,TChkgp.MIndicatorId} into g
select new {
CheckpointGroupingId =TChkgp.Id.Max(),
CheckpointId =TChkgp.MCheckpointId.Max,
....
....
};
you can see one simple example on following link
Group and sum in linq