Characters in LINQ and SQL

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I try this sp and linq query
SP
select distinct Region from tblRe where Region
this query return

SQL

ISL
Paris
NY
SDF-23
LON
SDF-43
234
AM
RU
KAS
FJS-35
SDF-32
SDF-45

i DONT want value which have numbers/characters..
how i do that in sql

and then i try this in linq

What I have tried:

SQL

var list = tea.tblRe.AsEnumerable()
                       .Where(x => !x.Region.Any(char.IsDigit))
                        .ToList().Distinct();

this show only names but with repetition ie.g

SQL

ISL
Paris
NY
NY
LON
KAS
AM
RU
KAS
LON
LON
AM
KAS
KAS

now i don't want repetition

any solu?

Posted 26-Jul-16 23:46pm

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Updated 27-Jul-16 2:17am

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-27T01:26:00

Solution 1

Remove the ToList - it does nothing to help - and check your data.
When I simulate your code here:

C#

List<string> list = new List<string>();
list.Add("ISL");
list.Add("Paris");
list.Add("NY");
list.Add("SDF-23");
list.Add("LON");
list.Add("SDF-43");
list.Add("234");
list.Add("AM");
list.Add("RU");
list.Add("KAS");
list.Add("FJS-35");
list.Add("SDF-32");
list.Add("SDF-45");
var list2 = list.AsEnumerable()
           .Where(x => !x.Any(char.IsDigit))
           .Distinct();</string></string>

I get exactly what I expect:

C#

ISL
Paris
NY
LON
AM
RU
KAS

Without any duplications.

Posted 27-Jul-16 1:26am

OriginalGriff

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[no name] 27-Jul-16 8:07am

Sorry, again me with a question. I also tested and everything looks ok. Now assume the raw data has a "KAS" and a "KAS " in it. Is there any way to Trim "x" before adding it to the result list? I tried x.Trim().Any(..., but it does not Trim (of course?) the string from the source list.
Thank you very much in advance.

[Solved] by the answer #2 of Tomas Takac :)

OriginalGriff 27-Jul-16 8:22am

Yes - Select:
.Where(x => !x.Any(char.IsDigit))
.Select(x => x.Trim())
.Distinct();

Tomas Takac · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-27T02:12:00

Solution 2

The problem is that you are running distinct not on the region property but on the whole record which is a complex object. Try this:

C#

var list = tea.tblRe.AsEnumerable()
    .Select(x => x.Region)
    .Where(region => !region.Any(char.IsDigit))
    .Distinct()
    .ToList();

Posted 27-Jul-16 2:12am

Tomas Takac

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[no name] 27-Jul-16 8:20am

A 5, just learnd from your answer :)

Karthik_Mahalingam 27-Jul-16 10:17am

5, best one.

Richard Deeming · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-27T02:17:00

Solution 3

To do this in SQL, you need to use a NOT LIKE comparison:

SQL

SELECT DISTINCT
    Region 
FROM
    tblRe 
WHERE
    Region Not Like '%[0-9]%'
;

LIKE (Transact-SQL)[^]

Posted 27-Jul-16 2:17am

Richard Deeming