[c#] Unable to create a constant value of type Only primitive types or enumeration types are supported in this context

I am getting this error for the query below

Unable to create a constant value of type API.Models.PersonProtocol. Only primitive types or enumeration types are supported in this context

ppCombined below is an IEnumerable object of PersonProtocolType, which is constructed by concat of 2 PersonProtocol lists.

Why is this failing? Can't we use LINQ JOIN clause inside of SELECT of a JOIN?

var persons = db.Favorites
    .Where(x => x.userId == userId)
    .Join(db.Person, x => x.personId, y => y.personId, (x, y) =>
        new PersonDTO
        {
            personId = y.personId,
            addressId = y.addressId,                   
            favoriteId = x.favoriteId,
            personProtocol = (ICollection<PersonProtocol>) ppCombined
                .Where(a => a.personId == x.personId)
                .Select( b => new PersonProtocol()
                 {
                     personProtocolId = b.personProtocolId,
                     activateDt = b.activateDt,
                     personId = b.personId
                 })
        });

Just add AsEnumerable() andToList() , so it looks like this

db.Favorites
    .Where(x => x.userId == userId)
    .Join(db.Person, x => x.personId, y => y.personId, (x, y).ToList().AsEnumerable()

ToList().AsEnumerable()

Don't know if anyone searches for this. I had the same problem. A select on the query and then doing the where (or join) and using the select variable solved the problem for me. (problem was in the collection "Reintegraties" for me)

query.Select(zv => new
            {
                zv,
                rId = zv.this.Reintegraties.FirstOrDefault().Id
            })
            .Where(x => !db.Taken.Any(t => t.HoortBijEntiteitId == x.rId
                                             && t.HoortBijEntiteitType == EntiteitType.Reintegratie
                                             && t.Type == TaakType))
            .Select(x => x.zv);

hope this helps anyone.

I had this issue and what I did and solved the problem was that I used AsEnumerable() just before my Join clause. here is my query:

List<AccountViewModel> selectedAccounts;

 using (ctx = SmallContext.GetInstance()) {
                var data = ctx.Transactions.
                    Include(x => x.Source).
                    Include(x => x.Relation).
                    AsEnumerable().
                    Join(selectedAccounts, x => x.Source.Id, y => y.Id, (x, y) => x).
                    GroupBy(x => new { Id = x.Relation.Id, Name = x.Relation.Name }).
                    ToList();
            }

I was wondering why this issue happens, and now I think It is because after you make a query via LINQ, the result will be in memory and not loaded into objects, I don't know what that state is but they are in in some transitional state I think. Then when you use AsEnumerable() or ToList(), etc, you are placing them into physical memory objects and the issue is resolving.

In my case, I was able to resolve the issue by doing the following:

I changed my code from this:

var r2 = db.Instances.Where(x => x.Player1 == inputViewModel.InstanceList.FirstOrDefault().Player2 && x.Player2 == inputViewModel.InstanceList.FirstOrDefault().Player1).ToList();

To this:

var p1 = inputViewModel.InstanceList.FirstOrDefault().Player1;
var p2 = inputViewModel.InstanceList.FirstOrDefault().Player2;
var r1 = db.Instances.Where(x => x.Player1 == p1 && x.Player2 == p2).ToList();

It's worth adding, since the OP's code sample doesn't provide enough context to prove otherwise, but I received this error as well on the following code:

public RetailSale GetByRefersToRetailSaleId(Int32 refersToRetailSaleId)
{
    return GetQueryable()
        .FirstOrDefault(x => x.RefersToRetailSaleId.Equals(refersToRetailSaleId));
}

Apparently, I cannot use Int32.Equals in this context to compare an Int32 with a primitive int; I had to (safely) change to this:

public RetailSale GetByRefersToRetailSaleId(Int32 refersToRetailSaleId)
{
    return GetQueryable()
      .FirstOrDefault(x => x.RefersToRetailSaleId == refersToRetailSaleId);
}