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

from ms in Context.MusicStyles
where ms.Bands.Any(b => b.Name.Contains(search))
select ms;

This just returns the style, which is what your question asks for. Your sample SQL, on the other hand, returns the style and the bands. For that, I'd do:

from b in Context.Bands
where b.Name.Contains(search)
group b by band.MusicStyle into g
select new {
    Style = g.Key,
    Bands = g
}

from b in Context.Bands
where b.Name.Contains(search)
select new {
    BandName = b.Name,
    MusicStyleId = b.MusicStyle.Id,
    MusicStyleName = b.MusicStyle.Name,
    // etc.
}