How should I get distinct Record in linq query - entity-framework

Question

Hi I have tried below query to get the distinct record but I am not able to get the distinct record from below query.
var query = (from sr in db.StudentRequests
join r in db.Registrations on sr.RegistrationId equals r.RegistrationId
join cc in db.Campus on r.CampusId equals cc.CampusId
join c in db.Classes on sr.ClassId equals c.ClassId
from tc in db.TutorClasses.Where(t => t.ClassId == sr.ClassId).DefaultIfEmpty()
from srt in db.StudentRequestTimings.Where(s => s.StudentRequestId == sr.StudentRequestId).DefaultIfEmpty()
from tsr in db.TutorStudentRequests.Where(t => t.StudentRequestId == srt.StudentRequestId && t.TutorId == registrationid).DefaultIfEmpty()
where tc.RegistrationId == registrationid
select new
{
StudentRequestId = sr.StudentRequestId,
RegistrationId = sr.RegistrationId,
Location = sr.Location,
PaymentMethod = sr.PaymentMethod,
CreatedOn = sr.CreatedOn,
ClassName = c.ClassName,
CampusName = cc.CampusName,
StatusId = tsr.StatusId == null ? 1 : tsr.StatusId,
Time = db.StudentRequestTimings.Where(p => p.StudentRequestId == sr.StudentRequestId)
.Select(p => p.FromTime.ToString().Replace("AM", "").Replace("PM", "") + "-" + p.ToTime)
}).Distinct().ToList().ToPagedList(page ?? 1, 3);
But I am getting error as
The 'Distinct' operation cannot be applied to the collection
ResultType of the specified argument.\r\nParameter name: argument
So I had removed the .Distinct() from the above query and below that code I had written code as
query = query.Distinct().ToList();
But still the duplicate record was showing
So I had tried Group by clause to get distinct record but over there also I am facing the issue.Please Review below code
query = query.ToList().GroupBy(x => new { x.StudentRequestId, x.StatusId, x.Location, x.RegistrationId, x.PaymentMethod, x.CreatedOn, x.ClassName, x.CampusName})
.Select(group => new
{
StudentRequestId = group.Key.StudentRequestId,
StatusId = group.Key.StatusId,
Location = group.Key.Location,
RegistrationId = group.Key.RegistrationId,
PaymentMethod = group.Key.PaymentMethod,
CreatedOn = group.Key.CreatedOn,
ClassName = group.Key.ClassName,
CampusName = group.Key.CampusName,
Time1 = group.Key.Time
});
But I am getting error for time as
How can I get the distinct Value?
Also make in concern that I am using ToPagedList in the query
The actual issue is coming from Time column, If I remove that column all things are working fine.

Answer 1

I had added Group by clause at the end of the query as suggested by #Rajaji and that worked for me.
var query = (from sr in db.StudentRequests
join r in db.Registrations on sr.RegistrationId equals r.RegistrationId
join cc in db.Campus on r.CampusId equals cc.CampusId
join c in db.Classes on sr.ClassId equals c.ClassId
from tc in db.TutorClasses.Where(t => t.ClassId == sr.ClassId).DefaultIfEmpty()
from srt in db.StudentRequestTimings.Where(s => s.StudentRequestId == sr.StudentRequestId).DefaultIfEmpty()
from tsr in db.TutorStudentRequests.Where(t => t.StudentRequestId == srt.StudentRequestId && t.TutorId == registrationid).DefaultIfEmpty()
where tc.RegistrationId == registrationid
select new
{
StudentRequestId = sr.StudentRequestId,
RegistrationId = sr.RegistrationId,
Location = sr.Location,
PaymentMethod = sr.PaymentMethod,
CreatedOn = sr.CreatedOn,
ClassName = c.ClassName,
CampusName = cc.CampusName,
StatusId = tsr.StatusId == null ? 1 : tsr.StatusId,
Time = db.StudentRequestTimings.Where(p => p.StudentRequestId == sr.StudentRequestId).Select(p => p.FromTime.ToString().Replace("AM", "").Replace("PM", "") + "-" + p.ToTime)
}).ToList().GroupBy(p => new { p.StudentRequestId }).Select(g => g.First()).ToList();