Join multiple one to many related tables in EF and select as view model - entity-framework

Question

Database Models of my Application are:
public class Restaurant
{
public int Id { get; set; }
.........
}
public class Review
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string ReviewTitle { get; set; }
public string ReviewContent { get; set; }
public int UserId { get; set; }
public int RestaurantId { get; set; }
}
public ReviewHelpful
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public int ReviewId { get; set; }
public bool IsHelpfull { get; set; }
}
public ReviewImage
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string ImageLink { get; set; }
public int ReviewId { get; set; }
}
There is no navigation property in any table. In ReviewHelpful table, If user finds helpfull of this review than value is true otherwise false.
Now I want to create a view-model Like this:
public class ReviewViewModel
{
public int ReviewId { get; set; }
public int RestaurantId { get; set; }
public string ReviewTitle { get; set; }
public string ReviewContent { get; set; }
public int UserId { get; set; }
public int NumberOfHelpfull { get; set; }
public int NumberOfNotHelpfull { get; set; }
public List<string> ImagesLinks { get; set; }
}
For that reason, I want to write this kind of query :
var reviews = (from review in _foodTrackerContext.RestaurantReviews
join helpful in _foodTrackerContext.Helpfuls on review.Id equals helpful.ReviewId
join reviewPicture in _foodTrackerContext.ReviewPictures on review.Id equals reviewPicture.ReviewId
where review.ResturantId == 2
select new ReviewViewModel()
{
Id = review.Id,
RestaurantId = 2,
ReviewTitle = review.ReviewTitle,
ReviewContent = review.ReviewContent,
NumberOfHelpfull = .. ??,
NumberOfNotHelpfull = ... ??,
ImagesLinks = ... ???
}
I can not retrieve HelpfulYes, HelpfulNo, ImagesLinks with this query. What would be query for finding these variables?.
This query produces multiple rows for single review with each ReviewImage and each ReviewHelpful.

Answer 1

The query that ypu need to do is this one:
var model =
from review in ctx.Reviews
where review.RestaurantId == 2
join helpful in ctx.ReviewHelpfuls
on review.Id equals helpful.ReviewId into helpfuls
join image in ctx.ReviewImages
on review.Id equals image.ReviewId into images
select new RestaurantReviewViewModel
{
Id = review.Id,
RestaurantId = 2,
ReviewTitle = review.ReviewTitle,
ReviewContent = review.ReviewContent,
NumberOfHelpfull = helpfuls.Count(h => h.IsHelpfull),
NumberOfNotHelpfull = helpfuls.Count(h => !h.IsHelpfull),
ImagesLinks = (from image in images select image.ImageLink).ToList()
};
Please, note that when you do a one to manyh join you need to include an into to give a nameto the joined entities to be able to work on them.
I've used the dot syntax for selecting the count, but you could use the query syntax if you wanted. Over time, I've found dot synatx more natural.
NOTE: if you used navigation properties this would become much easier. Why are you not using them? With navigation properties you don't need to make the joins explicitly, as they are already available.

Answer 2

List<ReviewViewModel> listModel = new List<ReviewViewModel>();
context.dbRestaurant
.include("Review")
.include("Review.ReviewHelpful")
.include("Review.ReviewImage").ToList().ForEach((item) =>
{
ReviewViewModel model = new ReviewViewModel();
model.ID = item.ID
listModel.Add(model);
});