How to create a dynamic LINQ join extension method

Question

There was a library of dynamic LINQ extensions methods released as a sample with Visual Studio 2008. I\'d like to extend it with a join method. The code below fail

Answer 1

I've fixed it myself now. It was a schoolboy error passing too many parameters to the CreateQuery(... ) call. Paste the following code into the Dynamic.cs file within the DynamicQueryable class for a dynamic Join extension method. You can find the source for the DynamicQuery sample project at http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/csharpsamples.
Enjoy.

    public static IQueryable Join(this IQueryable outer, IEnumerable inner, string outerSelector, string innerSelector, string resultsSelector, params object[] values)
    {
        if (inner == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("inner");
        if (outerSelector == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("outerSelector");
        if (innerSelector == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("innerSelector");
        if (resultsSelector == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("resultsSelctor");

        LambdaExpression outerSelectorLambda = DynamicExpression.ParseLambda(outer.ElementType, null, outerSelector, values);
        LambdaExpression innerSelectorLambda = DynamicExpression.ParseLambda(inner.AsQueryable().ElementType, null, innerSelector, values);

        ParameterExpression[] parameters = new ParameterExpression[] {
            Expression.Parameter(outer.ElementType, "outer"), Expression.Parameter(inner.AsQueryable().ElementType, "inner") };
        LambdaExpression resultsSelectorLambda = DynamicExpression.ParseLambda(parameters, null, resultsSelector, values);

        return outer.Provider.CreateQuery(
            Expression.Call(
                typeof(Queryable), "Join",
                new Type[] {outer.ElementType, inner.AsQueryable().ElementType, outerSelectorLambda.Body.Type, resultsSelectorLambda.Body.Type  },
                outer.Expression, inner.AsQueryable().Expression, Expression.Quote(outerSelectorLambda), Expression.Quote(innerSelectorLambda), Expression.Quote(resultsSelectorLambda)));
    }


    //The generic overload.
    public static IQueryable Join(this IQueryable outer, IEnumerable inner, string outerSelector, string innerSelector, string resultsSelector, params object[] values)
    {
        return (IQueryable)Join((IQueryable)outer, (IEnumerable)inner, outerSelector, innerSelector, resultsSelector, values);
    }