I have a very simple SQL query:
SELECT r.SpaceID, Count (*), SpaceCode FROM Rider r JOIN Spaces s ON r.SpaceID = s.SpaceID GROUP BY r.SpaceID, s.SpaceCode
this might help:
( from r in db.Rider join s in db.Spaces on r.SpaceID equals s.SpaceID group new { r,s } by new { r.SpaceID, s.SpaceCode } into grp select new { Count=grp.Count(), grp.Key.SpaceID, grp.Key.SpaceCode } )
Where db is the database context