Linq joins and groups

Question

Following on from my previous question: Simple inner join in linq

How would I write some linq to do exactly the same as the below..

SELECT A.name, B.name
FROM A
INNER JOIN B ON A.id = B.AID 
INNER JOIN C ON B.id = C.BID
GROUP BY A.Name, B.Name
ORDER BY A.Name

I've tried this but it generates nested selects and thus produces a different number of rows.

var r = from a in db.A
join b in db.B on a.Id equals b.AId
join c in db.C on b.Id equals c.BId
group c by c.B into g1
group b by g1.Key.A into g2
select g2.Key;

I need a group of A's that contains a list of B's which contains a list of C's

Answer 1

Bah my comment lost its formatting

you can use a let binding in a linq statement to hold a value.

from a in db.a
let g1 = a.GroupBy(x => x.Id)
from item in g1
let g2 = item.GroupdBy(x => x.Id)
from item2 in g2
select new {A = a, B = item, C = item2}

or something like that, hopefully it gives you enough to work it out