Get max & min from Entity Framework, in one query and with best query possible

Question

I\'m aware of this question, but what I would like to do is obtain something close to this generated SQL:

select MAX(C         


        

Answer 1

Try removing the let statements - the below produces expected results:

var q = from d in db.Table
        where d.Id == 1
        group d by d.Id into g
        select new
        {
            Id = g.Key, // shown for illustrative purposes
            ColumnMin = g.Min( gi => gi.Column ),
            ColumnMax = g.Max( gi => gi.Column )
        };

var result = q.SingleOrDefault();

Resulting SQL:

SELECT 
    [GroupBy1].[K1] AS [Id],
    [GroupBy1].[A1] AS [C1], 
    [GroupBy1].[A2] AS [C2]
    FROM ( SELECT 
        [Extent1].[Id] AS [K1], 
        MIN([Extent1].[Column]) AS [A1], 
        MAX([Extent1].[Column]) AS [A2]
        FROM [dbo].[Table] AS [Extent1]
        WHERE 1 = [Extent1].[Id]
        GROUP BY [Extent1].[Id]
    )  AS [GroupBy1]