SelectQueryFluentBuilder.Join(String, String, SqlJoinType, RelationColumnInfo[]) Method

Joins two tables. Allows you to specify a table alias, the join operation type, and columns relations by which the tables should be joined.

Namespace: DevExpress.DataAccess.Sql

Assembly: DevExpress.DataAccess.v23.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.DataAccess

Declaration

C#

public SelectQueryFluentBuilder Join(
    string tableName,
    string tableAlias,
    SqlJoinType joinType,
    params RelationColumnInfo[] keyColumns
)

VB.NET

Public Function Join(
    tableName As String,
    tableAlias As String,
    joinType As SqlJoinType,
    ParamArray keyColumns As RelationColumnInfo()
) As SelectQueryFluentBuilder

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
tableName	String	The name of the table with which the current table of the query builder should be joined.
tableAlias	String	A table alias.
joinType	SqlJoinType	The join operation type.
keyColumns	RelationColumnInfo[]	An array of column relations.

Returns

Type	Description
SelectQueryFluentBuilder	A query builder that contains the join operation result.

Example

C#

using DevExpress.DataAccess.Sql;
// ...
var query = SelectQueryFluentBuilder
    .AddTable("Customers")
    .SelectColumns("ContactName", "City")
    .Join(tableName: "Employees",
        tableAlias: "Employees1",
        joinType: SqlJoinType.Inner,
        keyColumns: new[] {
            new RelationColumnInfo(
                parentKeyColumn: "City",
                nestedKeyColumn: "City",
                conditionType: ConditionType.NotEqual),
            new RelationColumnInfo(
                parentKeyColumn: "Region",
                nestedKeyColumn: "Region"
                )})
    // ...
    .Build("Customers");

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.DataAccess.Sql
' ...
Dim query = SelectQueryFluentBuilder.
    AddTable("Customers").
    SelectColumns("ContactName", "City").
    Join(tableName:="Employees",
         tableAlias:="Employees1",
         joinType:=SqlJoinType.Inner,
            New RelationColumnInfo(parentKeyColumn:="City",
                                   nestedKeyColumn:="City",
                                   conditionType:=ConditionType.NotEqual),
            New RelationColumnInfo(parentKeyColumn:="Region", nestedKeyColumn:="Region")).
    Build("Customers")
' ...