转自:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2296966/linq-to-entities-unions-distinct
Q:
I don't know how I can do several union with a distinct.
When I use .Distinct with an IEqualityComparer an exception in threw :
LINQ to Entities does not recognize the method 'System.Linq.IQueryable'
My code is
= query.(query1).(query2);
= .( ());
A:
LINQ to Entities does not support the overload of Distinct
which takes an IEqualityComparer
. When you think about it, it really can't, because LINQ to Entities queries will be converted to SQL, and you cannot convert an interface reference to SQL.
Therefore, you must either:
the overload of which does take any compare,
both lists space the LINQ to , like :
= query.(query1).(query2);
= .().( ());
Naturally, the risk here is that you might bring too many records back from the DB server. You could also use both of these techniques in order to do a portion of the comparison on the server and another portion in object space.