Linq to Entities many to many select query

Question

I am at a loss with the following query, which is peanuts in plain T-SQL.

We have three physical tables:

• Band (PK=BandId)
• MusicStyle (PK=Muic

Answer 1

In Linq, actually you don't need to write anything, if you define the relation in the diagram in SQL database, and generated using the utility, the object hierarchy is built automatically. That means, if you do:

var bands = from ms in db.MusicStyle
            let b = ms.Bands
            where b.Name.Contains(SEARCHSTRING)
            select new {
                b.Name, ms.Name, 
                ms.ID, ms.Description};

If you look into the generated classes of entities, the BandMusicStyle should not appear as LINQ to Entities consider that Band and MusicStyle are many to many and that table is not necessary.

See if it works?