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Projection and Restriction Methods (LINQ to Entities)

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Most of the LINQ projection and restriction methods are supported in LINQ to Entities queries, with the exception of those that accept a positional argument. For more information, see Standard Query Operators in LINQ to Entities Queries. The following table lists the supported and unsupported projection and restriction methods.

Supported and Unsupported Methods

Method Support Visual Basic function signature C# method signature

Select

Supported

 
Function Select(Of TSource, TResult) ( _
source As IQueryable(Of TSource), _
selector As Expression(Of Func(Of TSource, TResult)) _
) As IQueryable(Of TResult)
 
IQueryable<TResult> Select<TSource, TResult>(
this IQueryable<TSource> source,
Expression<Func<TSource, TResult>> selector
)

Select

Not supported

 
Function Select(Of TSource, TResult) ( _
source As IQueryable(Of TSource), _
selector As Expression(Of Func(Of TSource, Integer, TResult)) _
) As IQueryable(Of TResult)
 
IQueryable<TResult> Select<TSource, TResult>(
this IQueryable<TSource> source,
Expression<Func<TSource, int, TResult>> selector
)

SelectMany

Supported

 
Function SelectMany(Of TSource, TResult) ( _
source As IQueryable(Of TSource), _
selector As Expression(Of Func(Of TSource, IEnumerable(Of TResult))) _
) As IQueryable(Of TResult)
 
IQueryable<TResult> SelectMany<TSource, TResult>(
this IQueryable<TSource> source,
Expression<Func<TSource, IEnumerable<TResult>>> selector
)

SelectMany

Not supported

 
Function SelectMany(Of TSource, TResult) ( _
source As IQueryable(Of TSource), _
selector As Expression(Of Func(Of TSource, Integer, IEnumerable(Of TResult))) _
) As IQueryable(Of TResult)
 
IQueryable<TResult> SelectMany<TSource, TResult>(
this IQueryable<TSource> source,
Expression<Func<TSource, int, IEnumerable<TResult>>> selector
)

SelectMany

Supported

 
Function SelectMany(Of TSource, TCollection, TResult) ( _
source As IQueryable(Of TSource), _
collectionSelector As Expression(Of Func(Of TSource, IEnumerable(Of TCollection))), _
resultSelector As Expression(Of Func(Of TSource, TCollection, TResult)) _
) As IQueryable(Of TResult)
 
IQueryable<TResult> SelectMany<TSource, TCollection, TResult>(
this IQueryable<TSource> source,
Expression<Func<TSource, IEnumerable<TCollection>>> collectionSelector,
Expression<Func<TSource, TCollection, TResult>> resultSelector
)

SelectMany

Not supported

 
Function SelectMany(Of TSource, TCollection, TResult) ( _
source As IQueryable(Of TSource), _
collectionSelector As Expression(Of Func(Of TSource, Integer, IEnumerable(Of TCollection))), _
resultSelector As Expression(Of Func(Of TSource, TCollection, TResult)) _
) As IQueryable(Of TResult)
 
IQueryable<TResult> SelectMany<TSource, TCollection, TResult>(
this IQueryable<TSource> source,
Expression<Func<TSource, int, IEnumerable<TCollection>>> collectionSelector,
Expression<Func<TSource, TCollection, TResult>> resultSelector
)

Where

Supported

 
Function Where(Of TSource) ( _
source As IQueryable(Of TSource), _
predicate As Expression(Of Func(Of TSource, Boolean)) _
) As IQueryable(Of TSource)
 
IQueryable<TSource> Where<TSource>(
this IQueryable<TSource> source,
Expression<Func<TSource, bool>> predicate
)

Where

Not supported

 
Function Where(Of TSource) ( _
source As IQueryable(Of TSource), _
predicate As Expression(Of Func(Of TSource, Integer, Boolean)) _
) As IQueryable(Of TSource)
 
IQueryable<TSource> Where<TSource>(
this IQueryable<TSource> source,
Expression<Func<TSource, int, bool>> predicate
)

See Also

Concepts

Supported and Unsupported Methods (LINQ to Entities)