Below is a sample code snippet demonstrating how to retreive the max row with the group by in LINQ Query using C# .
For example , assume that the table name is employee and we want to retreive the maximum experience based on the designation .
In SQL Query , we would do something like this
Select max(experience) as experience, Designation from Employee Group BY Designation
How to get the MAX row with group by in LINQ query using C# ?
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace GinktageConsoleApp
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
List<Employee> employees = new List<Employee>();
employees.Add(new Employee { Name = "Rajni", Experience = 6 , Designation="Senior Software Engineer" });
employees.Add(new Employee { Name = "Naveen", Experience = 4, Designation = "Senior Software Engineer" });
employees.Add(new Employee { Name = "Praveen", Experience = 1, Designation = "Trainee" });
employees.Add(new Employee { Name = "Michael", Experience = 4, Designation = "Software Engineer" });
var query = from employee in employees
group employee by employee.Designation
into g
select new
{
Designation = g.Key,
Experience = (from exp in g select exp.Experience).Max()
};
}
}
public class Employee
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public int Experience { get; set; }
public string Designation { get; set; }
}
}