This reaction is a bit late, but for the sake of others looking for a solution, this will work and resembles the WHERE Id in (..) clause pretty well.

from x in SomeTable
where (new Int32[] {100,101,102}).Contains(x.Id)
select x

Regards,

Melle

> On Saturday, October 13, 2007 4:57 PM Oleg Ogurok wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> Is there an equivalent of "WHERE .. IN (...)" clause in LINQ when
> querying a SQL database?
>
> E.g. I have list of IDs and I need to get the corresponding table
> records.
>
> Thanks,
> -Oleg.


>> On Sunday, October 14, 2007 6:01 AM Frans Bouma [C# MVP] wrote:

>> Oleg Ogurok wrote:
>>
>>
>> List<string> myIDs = new List<string>() { "CHOPS", "BLONP"};
>> NorthwindContext nw = new NorthwindContext();
>> var q = from o in nw.Orders
>> where myIDs.Contains(o.CustomerID)
>> select o;
>>
>> Yes, this is backwards, but it's how the Linq designers thought
>> everyone should use databases these days.
>>
>> I have no idea why there's no such thing like:
>> var q = from o in nw.Orders
>> where o.CustomerID in myIDs
>> select o;
>>
>> I mean, would that have been so incredibly bad? No it would have been
>> better IMHO because it would be more natural for people who know SQL.
>>
>> Now, for the 1000$ question, how to do a query like:
>> SELECT * FROM Orders
>> WHERE CustomerID IN
>> (
>> SELECT CustomerID FROM Customers WHERE Country = @country
>> )
>>
>> if you don't have the list in-memory?
>> I have no idea.
>>
>> Btw, the 'Contains' is an extension method on list and handled by the
>> Linq provider to produce SQL. It thus depends on the Linq provider if
>> this results in an IN() query.
>>
>> Next week: how to do a left join in linq. No, not with 'left join'. :P
>>
>> FB
>>
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