LINQ to Entity : Multiple join conditions

Question

There are numerous post regarding LINQ and multiple joins. I have however not found any solution to the join I'd like to make.

The SQL equivalent would be something like this:

SELECT * FROM table1 a
LEFT JOIN table2 b ON a.col1 = b.key1 AND
a.col2 = b.key2 AND
b.from_date <= now() AND
b.deleted = 0;

Here's one of the numerous linq queries I've attempted

var query = (from x in context.table1
             join y in context.table2 on new {x.col1, x.col2} equals {b.key1, b.key2} 
             into result
             from result......

How may I add the additonal conditions of the date and deleted flag? If I use .Where conditions, then this is treated as a inner join, not a left join.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7765230/linq-to-entity-multiple-join-conditions

Answer 1

Another way could be like

var query = (from x in context.table1 
             join y in context.table2 on 
             new  {
                  Key1 = x.col1, 
                  Key2 = x.col2,
                  Key3 = true,
                  Key4 = true
                 }
             equals
             new {
                  Key1 = y.key1, 
                  Key2 =  y.key2,
                  Key3 = y.from_date< DateTime.Now,
                  Key4 = !y.deleted
                 }  
             into result
from r in result.DefaultIfEmpty()
select new  {x.Something, r.Something}