how to get second record in linq to sql

Question

I have an exchange rate table. I need to get current rate and previous rate and then compare results.

I can get first record using FirstOrDefault.

When I am using ElementAtOrDefault, this error shows "The query operator 'ElementAtOrDefault' is not supported". How can I get the second record?

Answer 1

You can try this:

var query=data.Skip(1).Take(1);

Answer 2

Take() returns null if the element is not there (so is equivalent to FirstOrDefault()).

If you'd rather an exception was thrown (cos the second element is not there) like First() then use:

Skip(1).Single()

Answer 3

There's a detail not explicitly mentioned here: FirstOrDefault returns an Element, Skip(1).Take(1) returns a set of 1 element; i.e. the type returned by Skip(1).Take(1) is IEnumerable, while FirstOrDefault is not.

Answer 4

If you use

.Take(2)

you will get the first and second.

EDIT- If you need both the first and second, then the above will be more efficient than runing your query twice:

.Take(1)
.Skip(1).Take(1)

Answer 5

Try this simple implementation this might be useful

var query= (from p in db.Person where p.Person == person_id select p);
var firstResult = query.First();
var secondResult = query.Skip(1).Take(1).Single();
var thirdResult = query.Skip(2).Take(1).Single();

Answer 6

Select top 2, then select second element.

Answer 7

Collection.ElementAt(1)

will fetch the second record in the collection.

Answer 8

Use .Skip(1) method

Answer 9

As John Anderson already pointed out Skip(1).Take(1) returns an IEnumerable of size 1.

In order to get the 2nd entry itself or else a null (i.e. no exceptions), I'm using the following:

var secondEntry = collection?.Skip(1)?.FirstOrDefault();

It may not work in your specific case, but may be useful for use cases of other.