How to left join multiple tables with LINQ

Question

I'm trying to left join three tables with LINQ. I have the SQL working as below:

Select j.Id, u.FirstName , u.LastName, u.Role
From    Job j  
    left  join JobTranslator as jt on j.Id = jt.JobId
    left  join JobRevisor as jr on j.Id = jr.JobId
    left  join [User] as u on  jt.UserId = u.Id OR jr.UserId = u.Id
Where   u.Id = someID;

I can get it to work with two joins like below:

 IQueryable<Job> jobs =
                from j in _db.Jobs

                join jr in _db.JobRevisors on j.Id equals jr.JobId into jrs
                from jrResult in jrs.DefaultIfEmpty()

                join u in _db.Users on jrResult.UserId equals u.Id into jrU
                from jrUResult in jrU.DefaultIfEmpty()

                where jrUResult.Id == userId
                orderby j.Id
                select j;

But when I try to join my last needed table it doesn't work like below.

IQueryable<Job> jobs =
                from j in _db.Jobs

                join jt in _db.JobTranslators on j.Id equals jt.JobId into jts
                from jtResult in jts.DefaultIfEmpty()

                join jr in _db.JobRevisors on jtResult.Id equals jr.JobId into jrs
                from jrResult in jrs.DefaultIfEmpty()

                join u in _db.Users on jrResult.UserId equals u.Id into jrU
                from jrUResult in jrU.DefaultIfEmpty()

                join u in _db.Users on jtResult.UserId equals u.Id into jtU
                from jtUResult in jtU.DefaultIfEmpty()

                where jtUResult.Id == userId

                orderby j.Id

                select j;

Any ideas from anyone?

Possible duplicate of [LEFT OUTER JOIN in LINQ](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3404975/left-outer-join-in-linq) — Win, Jun 17 '16 at 15:17
What I don't understand is why developers keep insisting on literally translating the SQL to LINQ instead of using navigation properties, collections, and `.Include()`. You generally end up with a more intuitively usable object graph that way. — Craig W., Jun 17 '16 at 15:43

score 25 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

From Linq - left join on multiple (OR) conditions :

IQueryable<Job> jobs = (from j in _db.Jobs

                join jt in _db.JobTranslators on j.Id equals jt.JobId into jts
                from jtResult in jts.DefaultIfEmpty()

                join jr in _db.JobRevisors on jtResult.Id equals jr.JobId into jrs
                from jrResult in jrs.DefaultIfEmpty()


                join u in _db.Users on jtResult.UserId equals u.Id into jtU
                from jtUResult in jtU.DefaultIfEmpty()

                where jtUResult.Id == userId

                orderby j.Id

                select j).Concat(
                from j in _db.Jobs

                join jt in _db.JobTranslators on j.Id equals jt.JobId into jts
                from jtResult in jts.DefaultIfEmpty()

                join jr in _db.JobRevisors on jtResult.Id equals jr.JobId into jrs
                from jrResult in jrs.DefaultIfEmpty()

                join u in _db.Users on jrResult.UserId equals u.Id into jrU
                from jrUResult in jrU.DefaultIfEmpty()

                where jtUResult.Id == userId

                orderby j.Id

                select j
                ).Distinct()

Thank you so much! that worked, I had to tweek it a little but the basic concatenate idea worked. Thanks again! — codingNightmares, Jun 17 '16 at 15:46
to be honest, this created the best SQL left join script ef generated i have seen so far — raberana, May 16 '19 at 09:15

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