Query Expression Syntax Examples: Ordering
The examples in this topic demonstrate how to use the OrderBy and OrderByDescending methods to query the AdventureWorks Sales Model using query expression syntax. The AdventureWorks Sales Model used in these examples is built from the Contact, Address, Product, SalesOrderHeader, and SalesOrderDetail tables in the AdventureWorks sample database.
The examples in this topic use the following using/Imports statements:
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Data.Objects;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Data.EntityClient;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Data.Common;
Option Explicit On
Option Strict On
Imports System.Data.Objects
Imports System.Globalization
OrderBy
Example
The following example uses OrderBy to return a list of contacts ordered by last name.
using (AdventureWorksEntities context = new AdventureWorksEntities())
{
IQueryable<Contact> sortedNames =
from n in context.Contacts
orderby n.LastName
select n;
Console.WriteLine("The sorted list of last names:");
foreach (Contact n in sortedNames)
{
Console.WriteLine(n.LastName);
}
}
Using context As New AdventureWorksEntities
Dim contacts As ObjectSet(Of Contact) = context.Contacts
Dim sortedContacts = _
From contact In contacts _
Order By contact.LastName _
Select contact
Console.WriteLine("The sorted list of last names:")
For Each n As Contact In sortedContacts
Console.WriteLine(n.LastName)
Next
End Using
Example
The following example uses OrderBy to sort a list of contacts by length of last name.
using (AdventureWorksEntities context = new AdventureWorksEntities())
{
IQueryable<Contact> sortedNames =
from n in context.Contacts
orderby n.LastName.Length
select n;
Console.WriteLine("The sorted list of last names (by length):");
foreach (Contact n in sortedNames)
{
Console.WriteLine(n.LastName);
}
}
Using context As New AdventureWorksEntities
Dim contacts As ObjectSet(Of Contact) = context.Contacts
Dim sortedNames = _
From n In contacts _
Order By n.LastName.Length _
Select n
Console.WriteLine("The sorted list of last names (by length):")
For Each n As Contact In sortedNames
Console.WriteLine(n.LastName)
Next
End Using
OrderByDescending
Example
The following example uses orderby… descending (Order By … Descending in Visual Basic), which is equivalent to the OrderByDescending method, to sort the price list from highest to lowest.
using (AdventureWorksEntities context = new AdventureWorksEntities())
{
IQueryable<Decimal> sortedPrices =
from p in context.Products
orderby p.ListPrice descending
select p.ListPrice;
Console.WriteLine("The list price from highest to lowest:");
foreach (Decimal price in sortedPrices)
{
Console.WriteLine(price);
}
}
Using context As New AdventureWorksEntities
Dim products As ObjectSet(Of Product) = context.Products
Dim sortedPrices = _
From product In products _
Order By product.ListPrice Descending _
Select product.ListPrice
Console.WriteLine("The list price from highest to lowest:")
For Each price As Decimal In sortedPrices
Console.WriteLine(price)
Next
End Using
ThenBy
Example
The following example uses OrderBy and ThenBy to return a list of contacts ordered by last name and then by first name.
using (AdventureWorksEntities context = new AdventureWorksEntities())
{
IQueryable<Contact> sortedContacts =
from contact in context.Contacts
orderby contact.LastName, contact.FirstName
select contact;
Console.WriteLine("The list of contacts sorted by last name then by first name:");
foreach (Contact sortedContact in sortedContacts)
{
Console.WriteLine(sortedContact.LastName + ", " + sortedContact.FirstName);
}
}
Using context As New AdventureWorksEntities
Dim contacts As ObjectSet(Of Contact) = context.Contacts
Dim sortedContacts = _
From contact In contacts _
Order By contact.LastName, contact.FirstName _
Select contact
Console.WriteLine("The list of contacts sorted by last name then by first name:")
For Each sortedContact As Contact In sortedContacts
Console.WriteLine(sortedContact.LastName + ", " + sortedContact.FirstName)
Next
End Using
ThenByDescending
Example
The following example uses OrderBy… Descending, which is equivalent to the ThenByDescending method, to sort a list of products, first by name and then by list price from highest to lowest.
using (AdventureWorksEntities context = new AdventureWorksEntities())
{
IQueryable<Product> query =
from product in context.Products
orderby product.Name, product.ListPrice descending
select product;
foreach (Product product in query)
{
Console.WriteLine("Product ID: {0} Product Name: {1} List Price {2}",
product.ProductID,
product.Name,
product.ListPrice);
}
}
Using context As New AdventureWorksEntities
Dim products As ObjectSet(Of Product) = context.Products
Dim query As IQueryable(Of Product) = _
From product In products _
Order By product.Name, product.ListPrice Descending _
Select product
For Each prod As Product In query
Console.WriteLine("Product ID: {0} Product Name: {1} List Price {2}", _
prod.ProductID, _
prod.Name, _
prod.ListPrice)
Next
End Using