LINQ Where clause with four &&

Question

I'm trying to create an LINQ Query with 4 arguments in the Where clause. It's a Windows 8 App project and I'm using an SQLite Database. (SQLite implementation )

Here's the code snippet:

public List<FinancialListBoxExpenseItem> retrieveExpenseItems(int month, int year, bool isPaid, StaticResources.FrequencyEnum frequencyEnum)
{
    List<FinancialListBoxExpenseItem> tmpList = null;

    connection.RunInTransaction(() =>
    {
        var items = from s in connection.Table<FinancialListBoxExpenseItem>()
                    where (s.expenseDateNextPayment.Month == month)
                       && (s.expenseDateNextPayment.Year == year)
                       && (s.expensePaidForCurrentPeriod == isPaid)
                       && (s.expenseFrequencyTypeEnum == frequencyEnum)
                    select s;
        tmpList = items.ToList<FinancialListBoxExpenseItem>();
    });

    return tmpList;
}

It throws a NotSupportedAction: Member access failed to compile expression Exception

I have no idea what does this mean and how i'm supposed to fix it.

Edit: it works without the where clause therefore the error must be related to this where clause part of the code

Answer 1

Probably .Month is not supported by your LINQ provider. You'll have to work around that, possibly by creating specialized columns for the month and the year.

Answer 2

This is how i solved the problem:

public List<FinancialListBoxExpenseItem> retrieveExpenseItems(int month, int year, bool isPaid, StaticResources.FrequencyEnum frequencyEnum)
{
    List<FinancialListBoxExpenseItem> tmpList = new List<FinancialListBoxExpenseItem>();

    connection.RunInTransaction(() =>
    {
        var items = from s in connection.Table<FinancialListBoxExpenseItem>()
                    let convertedDate = (DateTime)s.expenseDateNextPayment
                    where (convertedDate.Month == month)
                       && (convertedDate.Year == year)
                       && (s.expensePaidForCurrentPeriod == isPaid)
                       && (s.expenseFrequencyTypeEnum == frequencyEnum)
                    select s;
        tmpList = items.ToList();
    });

    return tmpList;
}

Answer 3

In my App I was getting a NotSupportedException when running a LINQ query, and the details of the exception showed

Member access failed to compile expression

As this thread let me know, the issued seemed to be caused by a DateTime variable that was being referenced in the query. Outside of finding a StackOverflow thread like this one to point you in the right direction, I'm not sure how anyone is supposed to figure that out on their own, but for me, changing the way I was writing the query fixed the problem.

This syntax was throwing the "NotSupportedException":*

IEnumerable<Foo> foos = connection.Table<Foo>().Where(foo => foo.Timestamp.Year == year);

Switching to this syntax worked just fine:

IEnumerable<Foo> foos = connection.Table<Foo>().Where(
    delegate(Foo foo)
{
    return (foo.Timestamp.Year == year);
});