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Compare two sql dates using Linq


I need to compare two dates that are on SQLServer, to see if the user has already logged after 10 seconds of his register on the system, but when I try this query, it gives me a

NotSupportedException [System.NotSupportedException] = {"System.DateTime AddSeconds(Double)"}

Query:

var query = from user in this.Query()
            where (user.LastLoginDate.AddSeconds(-10) <= user.CreateDate) 
            select std;

Solution

  • Well here is really dirty (and probably bad perfomance if you don't have indexes) way to solve your problem but it should work:

    var query = from user in this.Query()
                where ((user.LastLoginDate.Date == user.CreateDate.Date
                    && user.LastLoginDate.Hour == user.CreateDate.Hour
                    && user.LastLoginDate.Minute == user.CreateDate.Minute
                    && user.LastLoginDate.Second <= user.CreateDate.Second + 10)
                    ||(user.LastLoginDate.Date == user.CreateDate.Date
                    && user.LastLoginDate.Hour == user.CreateDate.Hour
                    && user.LastLoginDate.Minute + 1 == user.CreateDate.Minute
                    && 60 - user.CreateDate.Second + user.LastLoginDate.Second <= 10)) 
                select std;
    

    I think you get the idea.