Selecting count in LINQ

Question

I got a SQL Server table with columns ResolvedDate and ResolvedBy.

Now I want to select those two columns and count their results, which I

Answer 1

If you're trying to count each item by date, you'd need to use GroupBy:

var countsByDate = _dateContext.Activities
                           .Where(a => a.IsResolved && a.ResolvedBy == userId)
                           .GroupBy(a => a.ResolvedDate)
                           .Select(g => new {ResolvedDate = g.Key, Count = g.Count() });