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IQueryable<CustomObject> obj = (from table in db.TableName
                                                        orderby table.ObjectId descending
                                                        select
                                                            new CustomObject
                                                            {
                                                                 //Properties mapped here
                                                            }).Skip((pageNumber - 1) * pageSize).Take(pageSize);

The above is a stripped down version of the query I am running. It is missing about 10 joins and then just the bulk mapping of the object, which I have stripped out for confidentiality.

When run:
- pageNumber = 1
- pageSize = 500

table.ObjectId is a PK and so assumable to be unique

The query returns 500 objects into the IQueryable object, however instead of these 500 entries being unique I appear to get about 19 rows from the database duplicated across the 500 rows.

Is there an obvious reason as to why as I cannot find anything on Google regarding it.

Results in the object fit the following kind of pattern:

DBRow1
DBRow1
DBRow1
DBRow1
DBRow1
DBRow1
DBRow1
DBRow1
DBRow1
DBRow1
DBRow2
DBRow2
DBRow2
DBRow2
DBRow2
DBRow2
DBRow2
DBRow2
DBRow2
DBRow3
etc..

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The issue turned out to be my misunderstanding of how joins work with .Net and LINQ.

The duplicate rows were the rows joined to the original table. To remove them I had to implement a custom IEqualityComparer to provide to the .Distinct() call.

I can pad out the explanation a bit if anyone needs it.

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