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Hello, is this possible to write SQL-translatable query to order by a dictionary table?

For instance:
class Customer
{
   string Name {get;set;}
   IEnumerable<CustomProperty> CustomProps {get;set;}
}

class CustomProperty
{
   string Name {get;set;}
   string Value {get;set;}
}

And for instance I'd like to order by CustomProperty named Color.

What I have tried:

_dbContext.Customers
.Include(x=>CustomProps)
.OrderBy(x => x.CustomProps.Where(x => x.Name == "Color")
                           .SelectMany(x => x.Value)


Ends up with non-translatable sql, obviously.
The LINQ expression 'x => x.Value' could not be translated.


Is this doable in EF Core 5 or the ordering has to be done on client side (API)?
Posted
Updated 31-Aug-21 0:41am

1 solution

Try:
C#
.OrderBy(x => x.CustomProps.Where(p => p.Name == "Color").Select(p => p.Value).FirstOrDefault())
Or:
C#
.OrderBy(x => x.CustomProps.Where(p => p.Name == "Color").Select(p => p.Value).Min())
 
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Maciej Los 31-Aug-21 13:13pm    
5ed!

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