Linq query with nullable sum

Question

from i in Db.Items
select new VotedItem
{
    ItemId = i.ItemId,
    Points = (from v in Db.Votes
              where b.ItemId == v.ItemId
              select v.Poi         


        

Answer 1

Assuming Points is a List of Int32, how about something like:

var sum = Points.DefaultIfEmpty().Sum(c => (Int32)c ?? 0)

Answer 2

Similar to previous answers, but you can also cast the result of the entire sum to the nullable type.

from i in Db.Items
select new VotedItem
{
    ItemId = i.ItemId,
    Points = (decimal?)((from v in Db.Votes
              where b.ItemId == v.ItemId
              select v.Points).Sum()) ?? 0
}

Arguably this better fits what is really going on but it has the same effect as the cast in this answer.

Answer 3

A simple but effective workaround would be to only sum the votes where Points.Count > 0, so you never have null values:

from i in Db.Items
select new VotedItem
{    
  ItemId = i.ItemId,
  Points = (from v in Db.Votes
            where b.ItemId == v.ItemId &&
            v.Points.Count > 0
            select v.Points).Sum()
}

Answer 4

from i in Db.Items
select new VotedItem
{
    ItemId = i.ItemId,
    Points = (from v in Db.Votes
              where b.ItemId == v.ItemId
              select v.Points ?? 0).Sum() 
}

EDIT - ok what about this... (Shooting again since I don't know your model...):

from i in Db.Items
select new VotedItem
{
    ItemId = i.ItemId,
    Points = (from v in Db.Votes
              where b.ItemId == v.ItemId)
              .Sum(v => v.Points) 
}

Answer 5

        (from i in Db.Items
         where (from v in Db.Votes
                where i.ItemId == v.ItemId
                select v.Points).Count() > 0
         select new VotedItem
         {
             ItemId = i.ItemId,
             Points = (from v in Db.Items
                       where i.ItemId == v.ItemId
                       select v.Points).Sum()
         }).Union(from i in Db.Items
                  where (from v in Db.Votes
                         where i.ItemId == v.ItemId
                         select v.Points).Count() == 0
                  select new VotedItem
                  {
                      ItemId = i.ItemId,
                      Points = 0
                  }).OrderBy(i => i.Points);

This works, but isn't very pretty or readable.

Answer 6

I had the same problem. Solved it with empty list union:

List<int> emptyPoints = new List<int>() { 0 };

from i in Db.Items
select new VotedItem
{
 ItemId = i.ItemId,
 Points = (from v in Db.Votes
           where b.ItemId == v.ItemId
           select v.Points).Union(emptyPoints).Sum()
}

In case of "Points" is integer this should work.