Using an existing IQueryable to create a new dynamic IQueryable
- by dnoxs
I have a query as follows:
var query = from x in context.Employees
where (x.Salary > 0 && x.DeptId == 5) || x.DeptId == 2
order by x.Surname
select x;
The above is the original query and returns let's say 1000 employee entities.
I would now like to use the first query to deconstruct it and recreate a new query that would look like this:
var query = from x in context.Employees
where ((x.Salary > 0 && x.DeptId == 5) || x.DeptId == 2) && (x,i) i % 10 == 0
order by x.Surname
select x.Surname;
This query would return 100 surnames.
The syntax is probably incorrect, but what I need to do is attach an additional where clause and modify the select to a single field.
I've been looking into the ExpressionVisitor but I'm not entirely sure how to create a new query based on an existing query.
Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks you.