Only fields are allowed in a $sort

edx

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I'm trying to do sort on the basis of child element which in list of object as:

_context.Orders.AsQueryable()
             .Where(predicate)
             .OrderBy(x => x.Items.OrderBy( x=> x.format.format ))
             .Skip(offset)
             .Take(limit)
             .ToList();

   [BsonIgnoreExtraElements]
    public class OrderDetail : Order
    {
        [BsonIgnoreIfNull]
        public List<Item> Items { get; set; }
    }

   [BsonIgnoreExtraElements]
    public class Item
    {
        public string id { get; set; }
        public Format format { get; set; }
    }

    [BsonIgnoreExtraElements]
    public class Format
    {
        public string format { get; set; }
    }

And getting following error:

Only fields are allowed in a $sort

c#mongodb-driver sorting

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Posted On: 16-Dec-2021 04:11

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Smith

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Hi try with aggregation query as:

mongoDBService.GetCollection(COLLECTION_NAME).Aggregate()
             .Match(filterObject)
             .sort(Builders<Orders>.Sort.Ascending("Items.format.format"));

Posted On: 22-Dec-2021 05:48

Thanks. As linq implementation does not support child nod sorting. So instead of using .AsQueryable(), we can use .Aggregate() as in this post.

- Priya 28-Dec-2021 03:31

Thanks Smith. Worked for me.

- edx 28-Dec-2021 03:32

Priya

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Use .ToList() and then do sorting as:

_context.Orders.AsQueryable()
             .Where(predicate)
             .ToList()
             .OrderBy(x => x.Items.OrderBy( x=> x.format.format ))
             .Skip(offset)
             .Take(limit);

But Above will sort in memory of application server not on DB server. It can be suitable for fewer records only.

Posted On: 28-Dec-2021 03:23