Dim Relationship As List(Of String) = New List(Of String)() From { "Employee", "Spouse", "Partner", "Child" } Dim query As EnumerableRowCollection(Of DataRow) = From item In dt.AsEnumerable() Order By item.Field(Of Long)(sort_str), item.Field(Of String)("Relationship")., item.Field(Of String)("Relationship").StartsWith("Spouse"), item.Field(Of String)("Relationship").StartsWith("Child"), item.Field(Of String)("Last_name"), item.Field(Of String)("First_name") Select item Dim result = query.CopyToDataTable() Demographic_data_view.DataSource = result However, the relationship portion of the code should be a join, but I can not seem to add a join in between the order by statements. 'Dim query = From item In Relationship Join row In dt.AsEnumerable() On item Equals row.Field(Of String)("Relationship") Order By item.Field(Of String)(sort_str) Select row Order by level of importance: 1. Individual ID 2. Relationship (Employee,Spouse,Partner,Child) in that order 3. Last_name 4. First_name
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