How to make LEFT JOIN in Lambda LINQ expressions

Question

How to make this expression as LEFT JOIN

var query = order.Items.Join(productNonCriticalityList,
    i => i.ProductID,
    p => p.ProductID,
    (i, p) => i);

Answer 1

And this is the more complicated way using lambda expressions to write it:

order.Items
   .GroupJoin (
      productNonCriticalityList, 
      i => i.ProductID, 
      p => p.ProductID, 
      (i, g) => 
         new  
         {
            i = i, 
            g = g
         }
   )
   .SelectMany (
      temp => temp.g.DefaultIfEmpty(), 
      (temp, p) => 
         new  
         {
            i = temp.i, 
            p = p
         }
   )

Answer 2

I would recommend switching to from syntax and you can use the into keyword.

It does the same thing as the method syntax and is far more readable (IMO).

(from l1 in myFirstDataSet
join l2 in mySecondDataSet on l1.<join_val> equals l2.<join_val> into leftJ
from lj in leftJ.DefaultIfEmpty()
where <your_where_clause>
select <something>).ToList();