Add Conditional Join Dynamically with Linq - asp.net

Question

I have a basic search control which lists companies from a CRM depending on predefined search/filtering criteria supplied by dropdowns. The default selection is "ALL" for each DropDown, otherwise the user chooses a specific item(s). I'd like to be able to construct a Linq query dynamically based on the selections. Out of the 5 selectors they supply values that I can match against the Company table, but two of the selectors (if either or both are chosen) would require a join or joins, else no action should be taken again the base result set. I hope this makes sense.
I'm not sure how to do this effectively. Here is my code:
private void Search()
{
EnergyPubsCRMDataContext dc = new EnergyPubsCRMDataContext();
var results = (from c in dc.Companies
select c);
//only create the join if the selected index > 0
if (ddlIndustry.SelectedIndex > 0)
{
//A company can be in 1 or more industries, thus here I want to join
//with the CompanyIndustry table and have a WHERE clause to match on the ddlIndustry.SelectedValue
}
//only create the join if the selected index > 0
if (ddlServices.SelectedIndex > 0)
{
//A company can offer 1 or more services. Here I want to join to the CompanyService table
//on the CompanyID and have a WHERE clause to match the ddlServices.SelectedValue
}
//These work OK to shape the overal query further (they don't need joins)
if (ddlCountry.SelectedIndex > 0)
results = results.Where(c => c.CountryID == Convert.ToInt32(ddlCountry.SelectedValue));
if (ddlStateRegion.SelectedIndex > 0)
results = results.Where(c => c.StateRegionID == Convert.ToInt32(ddlStateRegion.SelectedValue));
if (ddlAccountManagers.SelectedIndex > 0)
{
Guid g = new Guid(ddlAccountManagers.SelectedValue);
results = results.Where(c => c.UserId == g);
}
results = results.OrderBy(c => c.CompanyName);
//Bind to Grid....
}

Answer 1

if (ddlIndustry.SelectedIndex > 0)
{
//A company can be in 1 or more industries, thus here I want to join
//with the CompanyIndustry table and have a WHERE clause to match on the ddlIndustry.SelectedValue
results = results.Where(c => c.CompanyIndustry.IndustryID == ddlIndustry.SelectedValue);
}
Assuming you have correct foreign keys in your database/DBML.
This will generate the join implicitly.

Answer 2

I had very similar issue and no foreign keys I could leverage.
My solution would translate to something like this:
results = results
.Join(dc.CompanyIndustry, c => c.CompanyID, ci => ci.CompanyID, (c, ci) => new { c, ci.IndustryID })
.Where (a => a.IndustryID == ddlIndustry.SelectedValue)
.Select(a => a.c);
Basically:
1) first we create a join, with a projection that gives us IndustryID (join)
2) we filter based on IndustryID (where)
3) we return original anonymous type, so that we can modify original query (select)